Combined injuries of the pelvis and acetabulum: Nature of a devastating dyad

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-308

  Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Smith, Wade R ^a   Hak, David J ^a   Stahel, Philip F ^a   Baron, Andrea J ^a   Gillani, Syed A ^a   Morgan, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabular fracture; Combined injury; Pelvic fracture

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951862209     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181ca32af     Document Type: Article

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