One-year outcome after tibial shaft fractures: Results of a prospective fracture registry

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 210-215

  Skoog, Anne ^a   Söderqvist, Anita ^a   Törnkvist, Hans ^a   Ponzer, Sari ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Quality of life; Tibial shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035286285     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200103000-00011     Document Type: Article

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