Incision placement for intramedullary tibial nailing: An anatomic study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 687-690

  Althausen, Peter L ^a   Neiman, Rafael ^a   Finkemeier, Christopher G ^a   Olson, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nails; Knee pain; Patellar tendon; Tibial fracture fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATELLA; PATELLA TENDON; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0036834893     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200211000-00001     Document Type: Article

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