A prospective single center study to assess the impact of surgical stabilization in patients with rib fracture

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 478-481

  Khandelwal, Gaurav ^a   Mathur, R K ^a,b   Shukla, Sumit ^a,b   Maheshwari, Ankur ^a,b  

^a MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MYH   (India)

Author keywords

Pain scale; Rib fracture; Rib plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RIB FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIB FRACTURES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051802454     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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