Long-term outcome after tibial shaft fracture: Is malunion important?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 971-980

  Milner, S A ^a   Davis, T R C ^a   Muir, K R ^a   Greenwood, D C ^a   Doherty, M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MALFORMATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUBTALAR JOINT; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036599851     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200206000-00011     Document Type: Article

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