Complications of anterior subcutaneous internal fixation for unstable pelvis fractures: A multicenter study trauma

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2124-2131

  Vaidya, Rahul ^a   Kubiak, Erik N ^b   Bergin, Patrick F ^c   Dombroski, Derek G ^d   Critchlow, Ren J ^e   Sethi, Anil ^a   Starr, Adam J ^f  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

^e METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SUBCUTANEOUS INTERNAL FIXATION; CALLUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN NERVE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL ERROR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE MALALIGNMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PELVIC BONES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866451303     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-2233-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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