Which displaced spiral tibial shaft fractures can be managed conservatively?

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 151-154

  Toivanen, J A K ^a,b   Kyro A ^c   Heiskanen, T ^c   Koivisto, A M ^d   Mattila, P ^a   Jarvinen M J ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033858683     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640000132     Document Type: Article

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