Hybrid thin wire external fixation: An effective, minimally invasive, modular surgical tool of the stabilization of periarticular fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-62

  Lerner, Alexander ^a   Stein, Haim ^a,b,c  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE; INFECTION; JOINT FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STABILITY; LOADING TEST; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0742272057     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0147-7447-20040101-20     Document Type: Article

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