Combined limited internal fixation with circular frame external fixation of intra-articular tibial fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1019-1025

  Raikin, Steven ^a,b   Froimson, Mark I ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0033367184     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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