Local or free muscle flaps and unreamed interlocked nails for open tibial fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 350, Issue , 1998, Pages 90-96

  Shepherd, Lane E ^a   Costigan, William M ^a   Gardocki, Raymond J ^a   Ghiassi, Ali D ^a   Patzakis, Michael J ^a   Stevanovic, Milan V ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0031971415     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199805000-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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