Open-book pelvic fractures with perineal open wounds: A significant morbid combination

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1227-1233

  Duchesne, Juan C ^a   Bharmal, Husain M ^a   Dini, Arash A ^a   Islam, Tareq ^a   Schmieg Jr , Robert E ^b   Simmons, Jon D ^b   Wahl, Georgia M ^a   Davis Jr , John A ^a   Krause, Peter ^c   McSwain Jr , Norman E ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; WOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIC BONES; PERINEUM; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449102546     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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