Nonoperative fracture treatment in the Modern Era

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 699-707

  Court Brown, Charles M ^a   Aitken, Stuart ^a   Hamilton, Thomas W ^b   Rennie, Louise ^c,d   Caesar, Ben ^e  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fractures; Nonoperative treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIMB FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; AGE; ARM INJURY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FRACTURE FIXATION; LEG INJURY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 77957581401     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181b57ace     Document Type: Article

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