Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis of distal fractures of the tibia

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.1, 1997, Pages 42-48

  Helfet, David L ^a   Shonnard, Paul Y ^b   Levine, David ^a   Borrelli Jr , Joseph ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b Reno Orthopaedic Clinc   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal fractures; Minimally invasive osteosynthesis; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031452816     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1383(97)90114-5     Document Type: Article

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