Half-ring external fixation in the management of tibial plafond fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-206

  Court Brown, C M ^a   Walker, C ^a   Garg, A ^a   McQueen, M M ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; External fixation; Intramedullary nailing; Tibial plafond fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033087501     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199903000-00008     Document Type: Article

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