External fixator in the treatment of war bone fractures

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 165-168

  Štajner, Ivan ^a   Petričevič, Ante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

External fixators; Fracture fixation; Fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BONE REMODELING; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MISSILE WOUND; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; REOPERATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0029784042     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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