Hybrid external fixation in tibial plafond fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 329, Issue , 1996, Pages 223-232

  Gaudinez, Ricardo F ^a,c   Mallik, Arati R ^b   Szporn, Monroe ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Orthopedic Associates of New Haven   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029814934     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199608000-00028     Document Type: Article

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