Chapter 7: The treatment of proximal periarticular tibial fractures with Ilizarov fixators

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-70

  Hutson Jr , James J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ilizarov fixator; Tibial plateau fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; METAPHYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0036523506     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200203000-00008     Document Type: Article

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