Displaced tibial shaft fractures: A prospective randomized study of closed intramedullary nailing versus cast treatment in 53 patients

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 160-167

  Karladani, A H ^a   Granhed, H ^a   Edshage, B ^a   Jerre, R ^a   Styf, J ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG PAIN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

EID: 0033852993     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164700317413139     Document Type: Article

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