Fractures of the shaft of the ulna

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 473-475

  Bhandari, Mohit ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^b   Tornetta, Paul ^b   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^b   Dirschl, Douglas ^b   Ellis, Thomas ^b   Sanders, David ^b   Kreder, Hans J ^b   Hanson, Beate ^b   Audige, Laurent ^b   McKee, Michael ^b   Matthys, Gary ^b   Templeman, David C ^b   Schmidt, Andrew ^b   Obremskey, William ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM SULFATE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 20844443484     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200408000-00016     Document Type: Article

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