External fixation-minimal osteosynthesis: Indications, role, and place in war surgery

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-282

  Pukljak, Darko ^a  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTLE INJURY; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LIMB FRACTURE; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOLDIER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030923983     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199708000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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