Fix and flap: The radical orthopaedic and plastic treatment of severe open fractures of the tibia

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 959-966

  Gopal, S ^a   Majumder, S ^a   Batchelor, A G B ^a   Knight, S L ^a   De Boer, P ^a   Smith, R M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0033826513     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.82B7.10482     Document Type: Article

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