Journal article
Variability in the Assessment of Fracture-Healing in Orthopaedic Trauma Studies
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is a lack of consensus among orthopaedic surgeons in the assessment of fracture-healing. We conducted a systematic review of recent clinical studies of long-bone fracture care that were published in three major orthopaedic journals to identify current definitions of fracture-healing.
METHODS: MEDLINE and the computerized databases for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume), The Journal of Bone and Joint …
Authors
Corrales LA; Morshed S; Bhandari M; Miclau T
Journal
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume, Vol. 90, No. 9, pp. 1862–1868
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 2008
DOI
10.2106/jbjs.g.01580
ISSN
0021-9355