Unilateral external fixation until healing with the dynamic axial fixator for severe open tibial fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 341-348

  Marsh, J L ^a   Nepola, J V ^a   Wuest, T K ^a   Osteen, D ^b   Cox, K ^b   Oppenheim, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Open fracture; Tibia fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEBRIDEMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OPEN FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEBRIDEMENT; EARLY AMBULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0026037280     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199109000-00014     Document Type: Article

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