Salvage of distal tibia metaphyseal nonunions with the 90° cannulated blade plate

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 409, Issue , 2003, Pages 241-249

  Chin, Kingsley R ^a,d   Nagarkatti, Durgesh G ^b   Miranda, Michael A ^b   Santoro, Vincent M ^b   Baumgaertner, Michael R ^c   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Yale University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344406760     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200304000-00031     Document Type: Article

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