Is a fracture of the transverse process of L5 a predictor of pelvic fracture instability?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 967-969

  Starks, I ^a   Frost, A ^a   Wall, P ^a,b   Lim, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b YSBYTY GWYNEDD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIC BONES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959553627     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B7.26772     Document Type: Article

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