The Factors Associated with Prolonged Inpatient Stay after Surgical Fixation of Acute Ankle Fractures

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-262

  Westacott, Daniel J ^a   Abosala, Adbulbaset A ^a   Kurdy, Nasser M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2; delayed surgical repair; length of stay; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 77958118506     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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