Relation of nutritional status to healing of compound fractures of long bones of the lower limbs

Orthopedics. 2007 Sep;30(9):709-12. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20070901-23.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anthropometry
  • Creatinine / blood
  • Creatinine / urine
  • Female
  • Femoral Fractures / complications
  • Femoral Fractures / metabolism
  • Femoral Fractures / physiopathology*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fracture Healing / physiology*
  • Fractures, Open / complications
  • Fractures, Open / metabolism*
  • Fractures, Open / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Lymphocyte Count
  • Male
  • Malnutrition / complications
  • Malnutrition / metabolism
  • Malnutrition / physiopathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Nutritional Status / physiology*
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Serum Albumin / metabolism
  • Skinfold Thickness
  • Tibial Fractures / complications
  • Tibial Fractures / metabolism*
  • Tibial Fractures / physiopathology
  • Transferrin / metabolism

Substances

  • Serum Albumin
  • Transferrin
  • Creatinine