Tibial shaft fracture following tibial tubercle osteotomy

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-119

  Ritter, Merrill A ^a,b   Carr, Kimberly ^a   Keating, E Michael ^a   Faris, Philip M ^a   Meding, John B ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HIP AND KNEE SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

primary; revision; tibial shaft fracture; tibial tubercle osteotomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030025782     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(96)80171-9     Document Type: Article

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