Return to duty after Type III open tibia fracture

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-47

  Cross, Jessica D ^a,b   Stinner, Daniel J ^a,b   Burns, Travis C ^a   Wenke, Joseph C ^b   Hsu, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

combat injury; return to duty; return to work; tibia fracture; Type III open fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO DUTY; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE; WORK;

ADULT; AMPUTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WAR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 83655163841     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31821c0ec1     Document Type: Article

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