Three-dimensional assessment of tibial malunion after intramedullary nailing: A preliminary study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 473-483

  Boucher, Michael ^a   Leone, James ^a   Pierrynowski, Michael ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture malunion; Functional outcome; Intramedullary nails; Tibial fracture; WOMAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIBIA FRACTURE; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036056552     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200208000-00005     Document Type: Article

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