Anterior unicortical buttress plating in conjunction with an unreamed interlocking intramedullary nail for treatment of very proximal tibial diaphyseal fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 647-648

  Matthews, Daniel E ^a   McGuire, Robert ^a   Freeland, Alan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030743415     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (3)

1. Whittle AP, Russell TA, Taylor JC, Lavelle DG. Treatment of open fractures of the tibial shaft with the use of interlocking nail without reaming. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1992; 74:1162-1171.
2. Henley MB, Meier M, Tencer AF. Influences of some design parameters on the biomechanics of the unreamed tibial intramedullary nail. J Orthop Trauma. 1993; 7:311-319.
3. Muller ME, Allgower M, Schneider R, Willenegger H. Manual of Internal Fixation. New York, NY: Springer Verlag; 1991.