What factors influence follow-up in orthopedic trauma surgery?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-327

  Whiting, Paul S ^a   Greenberg, Sarah E ^a   Thakore, Rachel V ^a   Alamanda, Vignesh K ^a   Ehrenfeld, Jesse M ^a   Obremskey, William T ^a   Jahangir, Alex ^a   Sethi, Manish K ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up; Risk factors; Trauma patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOBACCO USE; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; AMBULATORY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OFFICE VISITS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84925500748     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-015-2151-8     Document Type: Article

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