Refracture following plate removal in supracondylar-intercondylar femur fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-159

  Davison, Brian L ^a  

^a GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; OPEN REDUCTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; VARUS DEFORMITY;

BONE PLATES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037318903     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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