Displacement of the posterior malleolus during intramedullary tibial nailing

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1056-1058

  Georgiadis, Gregory M ^a,b   Ebraheim, Nabil A ^a   Hoeflinger, Michael J ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030463148     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199612000-00022     Document Type: Article

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