Saving life and limb: Limb salvage using external fixation, a multi-centre review of orthopaedic surgical activities in Médecins Sans Frontières

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1555-1561

  Bertol, Marie Jeanne ^a   Van Den Bergh, Rafael ^a   Trelles Centurion, Miguel ^a   Kenslor Ralph D, Hyacinthe ^b   Basimuoneye Kahutsi, Jean Paul ^b   Qayeum Qasemy, Abdul ^b   Jean, Jacky ^b   Majuste, Alberta ^b   Kubuya Hangi, Theophile ^b   Safi, Samsoor ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amputation; External fixation; Limb salvage; Natural disasters; Operational research; Orthopaedics

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEVICES; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRANCE; HAITI; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFGHANISTAN; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRANCE; HAITI; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84905915633     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-014-2451-6     Document Type: Article

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