Damage control orthopedics: Current evidence

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 647-650

  Lichte, Philipp ^a   Kobbe, Philipp ^a   Dombroski, Derek ^b   Pape, Hans C ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

borderline patients; DCO; ETC; inflammatory response; second hit

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DAMAGE CONTROL ORTHOPEDICS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INFLAMMATION; INJURY SEVERITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84870246606     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328359fd57     Document Type: Review

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