Treatment of distal femoral nonunions by external fixation with simultaneous length and alignment correction

Injury

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-134

  Ali, Fazal ^a   Saleh, Michael ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE LENGTHENING; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036125015     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(01)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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