Monitoring and healing analysis of 100 tibial shaft fractures

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 387, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 146-152

  Claes, Lutz ^a   Grass, R ^b   Schmickal, T ^c   Kisse, B ^d   Eggers, C ^e   Gerngross H ^f   Mutschler, W ^g   Arand, M ^h   Wintermeyer, T ⁱ   Wentzensen, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c BG Unfallklinik   (Germany)

^d Klin Hand Brust und Plast Chir   (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f Chirurgische Klinik   (Germany)

^g LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

ⁱ NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fractures; Healing; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; COMPLIANCE; EARLY AMBULATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036934223     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-002-0306-x     Document Type: Article

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