Young-burgess classification of pelvic ring fractures: Does it predict mortality, transfusion requirements, and non-orthopaedic injuries?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 603-608

  Manson, Theodore ^a   O'Toole, Robert V ^a   Whitney, Augusta ^a   Duggan, Brian ^a   Sciadini, Marcus ^a   Nascone, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

pelvic ring fractures; Young Burgess classification

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TRANSFUSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MARYLAND; PELVIC BONES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77958126407     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181d3cb6b     Document Type: Article

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