Reamed or unreamed nailing for closed tibial fractures: A prospective study in tscherne C1 fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 580-583

  Court Brown, C M ^a   Will, E ^a   Christie, J ^a   McQueen, M M ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAPHYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME;

EID: 0029898182     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b4.0780580     Document Type: Article

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