Knee Pain after Intramedullary Tibial Nailing: Its Incidence, Etiology, and Outcome

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-105

  Court Brown, C M ^a   Gustilo, T ^a   Shaw, A D ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031066083     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199702000-00006     Document Type: Article

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