Functional outcome following treatment of segmental skeletal defects of the forearm bones by Ilizarov application

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-162

  El Mowafi, Hani ^a,b,c   Elalfi, Barakat ^a,b   Wasfi, Khaled ^a,b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE INFECTION; BONE MATURATION; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SKELETON MALFORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18944397536     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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