The management of isolated closed femoral shaft fractures in a district hospital in Malawi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-12

  Doorgakant, Ashtin ^a   Mkandawire, N C ^b  

^a Ntcheu District Hospital   (Malawi)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALAWI; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALAWI; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856992852     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.110211     Document Type: Article

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