Bilateral simultaneous avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle

Orthopedics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-68

  Mirly, Harvey L ^a   Olix, Melvin L ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RUNNING; SPORT INJURY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BONE WIRES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030051343     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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