Failure of internal fixation of the femoral shaft

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 448-457

  Smith, Wade R ^a   Morgan, Steven J ^a  

^a MC 0188 ^*

Author keywords

Failed internal fixation; Femur fracture; Intramedullary nailing; Nonunion; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM SULFATE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ASEPSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE INFECTION; BONE INJURY; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; BONE RESECTION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERROR; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FIBULA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0041621424     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013611-200212000-00009     Document Type: Review

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