External Fixation of Tibial Plafond Fractures: Is Routine Plating of the Fibula Necessary?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-20

  Williams, Todd M ^c   Lawrence Marsh, J ^c   Nepola, James V ^c   DeCoster, Thomas A ^a   Hurwitz, Shepard R ^b   Bonar, Susan B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d Univ of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics ^*

Author keywords

External fixation; Fibula; Fracture; Tibial plafond

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031606541     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199801000-00003     Document Type: Article

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