A new classification scheme for open fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 457-464

  Evans, Andrew R ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

classifications; open fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MUSCLE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955182686     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181c7cb6b     Document Type: Article

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