Timing of fracture fixation in multitrauma patients: The role of early total care and damage control surgery

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 541-549

  Pape, Hans Christoph ^a,b   Tornetta III, Paul ^c   Tarkin, Ivan ^c,d   Tzioupis, Christopher ^b   Sabeson, Vani ^e   Olson, Steven A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Trauma Service

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; REVIEW; TIME;

FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 70350176613     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200909000-00001     Document Type: Review

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