Tibial plafond fractures: Limited internal fixation and a hybrid external fixator

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 444-448

  Griffiths, Geoffrey P ^a   Thordarson, David B ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0029787297     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079601700802     Document Type: Article

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