Tibial stress fracture after a graft has been obtained from the fibula: A report of five cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1248-1251

  Emery, Sanford E ^a   Heller, John G ^b   Petersilge, Cheryl A ^a   Bolesta, Michael J ^c   Whitesides, Thomas E ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GRAFT; BONE MASS; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0029818187     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199608000-00016     Document Type: Article

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