Epidemiological analysis of outcomes in 323 open tibial diaphyseal fractures: A nine-year experience

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 385-389

  Chua, Weiliang ^a   Murphy, Diarmuid ^a   Siow, Weiming ^b   Kagda, Fareed ^a   Thambiah, Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amputation; Economics; Epidemiology; Open tibia fractures; Salvage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORTHOPEDICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84865103186     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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