title: Last man standing--survival analysis.
abstract: Most studies that involve following patient outcomes for long periods of time are subject to loss of patients to follow-up. To account for such loss while gleaning the maximal amount of information from the data available requires special techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA. djupiter@swmail.sw.org
authors.forename: Daniel C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Jupiter
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012107:Research Design; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins