Open Fractures of the Patella

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 403-409

  Torchia, Michael E ^a   Lewallen, David G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerclage wiring; Fracture; Internal fixation; Osteosynthesis; Patella; Patellectomy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS; PATELLA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029683497     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199608000-00007     Document Type: Article

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