Treatment of distal femoral nonunion with internal fixation, cortical allograft struts, and autogenous bone-grafting

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 436-440

  Wang, Jun Wen ^a   Weng, Lin Hsiu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; CORTICAL BONE; DISTAL FEMORAL NONUNION; FEMALE; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HEALING; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; INFECTION; KNEE CONTRACTURE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0037362911     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200303000-00006     Document Type: Article

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