Open reduction and internal fixation of a traumatic diastasis of the pubic symphysis: One-year radiological and functional outcomes

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Putnis, S E ^a   Pearce, R ^a   Wali, U J ^a   Bircher, M D ^a   Rickman, M S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METAL IMPLANTATION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC PAIN; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS DIASTASIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651226170     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B1.23941     Document Type: Article

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