Sequential intramedullary nailing of open tibial shaft fractures after external fixation

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 32-36

  Siebenrock, K A ^a   Gerich, T ^a   Jakob, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TIME;

EID: 0031060042     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00434097     Document Type: Article

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