Loss of follow-up in orthopaedic trauma: Is 80% follow-up still acceptable?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-181

  Zelle, Boris A ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Sanchez, Alvaro I ^c   Probst, Christian ^d   Pape, Hans Christoph ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AACHEN MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Database; Loss of follow up; Missing data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84874855236     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31825cf367     Document Type: Article

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