Unreamed locked tight-fitting nailing for acute tibial fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 40-46

  Lin, Jinn ^a   Hou, Sheng Mou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Tibial fracture; Tight fitting; Unreamed locked nailing

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BONE NAILS; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035219314     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200101000-00008     Document Type: Article

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