Elderly tibial shaft fractures: Open fractures are not associated with increased mortality rates

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 620-623

  Cox, George ^a   Jones, Simon ^a   Nikolaou, Vassilios S ^a   Kontakis, George ^b   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fracture; Geriatric; Mortality; Open; Tibia; Tibial

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 77952104816     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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