Acute definitive internal fixation of pelvic ring fractures in polytrauma patients: A feasible option

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 935-939

  Enninghorst, Natalie ^a   Toth, Laszlo ^a   King, Kate L ^a   McDougall, Debra ^a   MacKenzie, Stuart ^a   Balogh, Zsolt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Damage control; Damage control orthopaedics; Early Fixation; Internal fixation; Multiple injuries; Outcome; Pelvic fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; ILIOSACRAL SCREW FIXATION; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOCK; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPHYSEAL PLATING; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951052660     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181d27b48     Document Type: Article

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