Long-term outcome of conservatively managed displaced acetabular fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Sen, Ramesh K ^a   Veerappa, Lokesh A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acetabular fracture; Conservative management; Weight bearing dome

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE INJURY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETON TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; ACETABULUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350448902     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31819db092     Document Type: Article

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