Open fracture of the tibia in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1039-1047

  Cullen, Mark C ^a   Roy, Dennis R ^a   Crawford, Alvin H ^a   Assenmacher, Joseph ^a   Levy, Martin S ^a   Wen, Daling ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030016891     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199607000-00008     Document Type: Article

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