Effect of acute reamed versus unreamed intramedullary nailing on compartment pressure when treating closed tibial shaft fractures: A randomized prospective study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 554-558

  Nassif, Jeffrey M ^a   Gorczyca, John T ^a,b   Cole, James K ^a   Pugh, Kevin J ^a   Pienkowski, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment pressure; Nailing; Reamed; Unreamed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR TIBIAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034327186     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200011000-00006     Document Type: Article

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