Unreamed intramedullary locking nailing for open tibial fractures

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-101

  Garcia Lopez A ^a,b   Marco, F ^a   Lopez Duran L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; JOINT INJURY; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031801981     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050217     Document Type: Article

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