Leg tissue perfusion in simple tibial shaft fractures treated with unreamed and reamed nailing

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 636-639

  Lindström, Timo ^a,b   Gullichsen, E ^a   Lertola, K ^a   Niinikoski, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fracture; Intramedullary nailing; Perfusion; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

EID: 0030716487     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199710000-00012     Document Type: Article

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