Nonunion after primary treatment of tibia fractures with external fixation

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 231-235

  Papaioannou, N ^a,c   Mastrokalos, D ^a   Papagelopoulos, P J ^a   Tyllianakis, M ^b   Athanassopoulos, J ^b   Nikiforidis, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

External fixation; Fracture; Nonunion; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035734529     PISSN: 09484817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01686895     Document Type: Article

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