A qualitative study of recovery from type III-B and III-C tibial fractures

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Shauver, Melissa S ^a   Aravind, Maya S ^b   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

amputation; coping; lower leg trauma; qualitative research; reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650910567     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181d50eba     Document Type: Article

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