The "swashbuckler": A modified anterior approach for fractures of the distal femur

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-140

  Starr, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal femur; Surgical exposures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033071257     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199902000-00012     Document Type: Article

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