Short-term Financial Outcomes of Pilon Fractures

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-51

  Volgas, David ^a   DeVries, J George ^b   Stannard, James P ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

distal tibia; education; lower extremity trauma; outcome; pilon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PILON FRACTURE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; TIBIA FRACTURE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INCOME; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 73049095038     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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