Planned external fixation to locked intramedullary nailing conversion for open fractures of shaft of femur and tibia

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-136

  Malik, Zaka Ullah ^a   Hanif, Muhammad Shoaib ^a   Safdar, Aqeel ^a   Masood, Tahir ^a  

^a Peshawar Cantonment   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Femur; Interlocking nailing and external fixators; Open fractures; Shaft; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN FRACTURE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17744371666     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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