Treatment of tibial plateau fractures with small fragment internal fixation: A preliminary report

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 467-474

  Ballmer, Franz T ^a   Hertel, Ralph ^a   Nötzli, Hubert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fracture; Internal fixation; Knee; Tibial plateau

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE SCREW; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWITZERLAND; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034279882     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200009000-00002     Document Type: Article

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