The sternal fracture: Radiographic analysis of 200 fractures with special reference to concomitant injuries

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 837-844

  Von Garrel, Thomas ^a   Ince, Adnan ^a   Junge, Andreas ^a   Schnabel, Michael ^a   Bahrs, Christian ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classification; Concomitant injuries; Sternal fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; STERNUM; STERNUM FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL FRACTURES; STERNUM; THORACIC INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7244221859     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000091112.02703.D8     Document Type: Article

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