Health outcomes of delayed union and nonunion of femoral and tibial shaft fractures

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1653-1658

  Tay, Wei Han ^a   De Steiger, Richard ^b   Richardson, Martin ^b   Gruen, Russell ^c   Balogh, Zsolt J ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delayed union; Femur; Fracture; Nonunion; Outcomes; Tibia; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO WORK; SHORT FORM 12; SMOKING; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONVALESCENCE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DISABILITY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETURN TO WORK; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922515594     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.06.025     Document Type: Article

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