Management of upper extremity injuries in obese patients

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Jones, Clifford B ^a,b,c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Fracture; Obesity; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARM FRACTURE; ARM INJURY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FALLING; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT STABILITY; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ARM INJURIES; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; OBESITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES;

EID: 78649356143     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2010.08.002     Document Type: Review

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