Proximal tibial fractures: Current treatment, results, and problems

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Krieg, James C ^a,b  

^a LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation; Proximal fracture; Review; Techniques; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE GRAFT; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTION; EDEMA; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STABILITY; METAPHYSIS; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATELLA TENDON; PERIOSTEUM; PLASTER CAST; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIA SHAFT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 17744419083     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00252-3     Document Type: Article

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