Functional outcome of patients with salvageable limbs with grades III-B and III-C open fractures of the tibia

Microsurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-173

  Puno, Rolando M ^a   Grossfeld, Stacie L ^a   Henry, Stephen L ^a   Seligson, David ^a   Harkess, James ^a   Tsai, Tsu Min ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LIMB DEFORMITY; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANKLE JOINT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSATION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030443969     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1996)17:3<167::AID-MICR14>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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