Hybrid external fixation of comminuted tibial plateau fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 328, Issue , 1996, Pages 203-210

  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; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030006075     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199607000-00032     Document Type: Article

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