Tibial fractures treated with circular fixation: Does the use of olive wires at the fracture site improve healing?

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-149

  Metcalfe, Andrew J ^a   Branfoot, Toby ^a   Shelbrooke, Karen ^a   Oleksak, Milan ^a   Saleh, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE WIRES; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037305233     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00192-4     Document Type: Article

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