Risk of mortality: The relationship with associated injuries and fracture treatment methods in patients with unilateral or bilateral femoral shaft fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 405-410

  Willett, Keith ^a   Al Khateeb, Hesham ^a   Kotnis, Rohit ^a   Bouamra, Omar ^b,c   Lecky, Fiona ^b,c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Trauma Audit Research Database (TARN)   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilateral femur fractures; Mortality; NISS

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE INJURY; THORAX INJURY; UNILATERAL FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE;

EID: 77955885288     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e6138a     Document Type: Article

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