Incidence and significance of injuries to the foot and ankle in polytrauma patients-An analysis of the Trauma Registry of DGU

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-215

  Probst, Christian ^a   Richter, Martinus ^b   Lefering, Rolf ^c   Frink, Michael ^a   Gaulke, Ralph ^a   Krettek, Christian ^a   Hildebrand, Frank ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Dept of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle; Foot; Fracture; Incidence; Injury; Multiple injuries; Outcome; Polytrauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; GERMANY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449088544     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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