Delayed union and nonunions: Epidemiology, clinical issues, and financial aspects

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2014, Pages

  Hak, David J ^a   Fitzpatrick, Daniel ^b   Bishop, Julius A ^c   Marsh, J Lawrence ^d   Tilp, Susanne ^e   Schnettler, Reinhard ^e   Simpson, Hamish ^f   Alt, Volker ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Cost of treatment; Incidence; Non union

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE MARKER; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; INCIDENCE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901389096     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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