Rates and odds ratios for complications in closed and open tibial fractures treated with unreamed, small diameter tibial nails: A multicenter analysis of 467 cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 415-423

  Gaebler, Christian ^a   Berger, U ^b   Schandelmaier, P ^c   Greitbauer, M ^a   Schauwecker, H H ^d   Applegate, B ^e   Zych, G ^e   Vecsei V ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UKH Salzburg   (Austria)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d DRK KLINIKEN BERLIN WESTEND   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Small diameter nails; Tibial fractures; Unreamed technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE NAILS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0035204447     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200108000-00006     Document Type: Article

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