Management of open tibial fractures

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 719-728

  Byrd, Henry Stephenson ^a,b   Spicer, Thomas Eldon ^a,b   Cierney, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HEEL; HUMAN; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022345527     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198511000-00011     Document Type: Article

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