The use of hinged Kirschner wires for fixation of patellar tendon rupture

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 539-540

  Giles, S N ^a,b   Morgan Jones, R ^a   Brown, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON RUPTURE;

BONE WIRES; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0032824338     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00147-3     Document Type: Article

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