Severe (type III) open fractures of the tibia in children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 627-634

  Buckley, Steven L ^a,b   Smith, Garth R ^f   Sponseller, Paul D ^d   Thompson, J David ^d   Robertson Jr , William W ^c   Griffin, Paul P ^e  

^a Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; External skeletal fixation; Limb salvage; Polytrauma; Tibia fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; NERVE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029760553     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199609000-00015     Document Type: Article

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