Orthopaedic trauma in the obese patient

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-252

  Chesser, T J S ^a   Hammett, R B ^a   Norton, S A ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ANKLE FRACTURE; BODY MASS; BONE MINERAL; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOOT INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; KNEE INJURY; MORBID OBESITY; NURSING CARE; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPINE INJURY; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OBESITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 76749120371     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.01.100     Document Type: Editorial

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