Displaced isolated fractures of the tibial shaft treated with either a cast or intramedullary nailing: An outcome analysis of matched pairs of patients

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1336-1341

  Bone, Lawrence B ^a   Sucato, Daniel ^a   Stegemann, Philip M ^a   Rohrbacher, Bernhard J ^a  

^a ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030750842     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199709000-00007     Document Type: Article

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