Borderline femur fracture patients: Early total care or damage control orthopaedics?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 148-153

  Nicholas, Ben ^a   Toth, Laszlo ^a   Van Wessem, Karlijn ^a   Evans, Julie ^a   Enninghorst, Natalie ^a   Balogh, Zsolt J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Damage control; Damage control orthopaedics; Early total care; External fixation; Femur; Intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 79951823768     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05582.x     Document Type: Article

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