Submuscular plating of the distal femur

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-95

  Kregor, Philip James ^a,b,c   Zlowodzki, Michael ^a,b,c   Stannard, James ^a,b,c   Cole, Peter Alexander ^a,b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Fixation; Plate; Submuscular; Supracondylar

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STIFFNESS; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037588614     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/otor.2003.0168     Document Type: Article

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