A comparison of plate versus staple-and-cast fixation in maintaining femoral tibial alignment after valgus tibial osteotomy

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Harrison, Mark M ^a,c   Waddell, James P ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; STAPLER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL STAPLERS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14744267179     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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