Obesity and fracture healing

Background: Obesity is an independent risk factor in trauma related morbidity. This study described the prevalence of obesity/overweight in children and adolescents reporting a recent fracture in relation to fracture healing and associated complications. Methods: In this prospective randomized contr...

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Main Authors: M.S. Patil, Hashmi Baseer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Al Ameen Medical College 2017-04-01
Series:Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://ajms.alameenmedical.org/ArticlePDFs/6%20AJMS%20V10.N2.2017%20p%20107-111.pdf