Closed tibial shaft fractures: Management and treatment complications. A review of the prospective literature

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 256-262

  Coles, C P ^a   Gross, M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REOPERATION; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0033901272     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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