Complex tibial plateau fractures treated with Ilizarov external fixator with or without minimal internal fixation

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-185

  El Barbary, H ^a   Abdel Ghani, H ^a,b   Misbah, H ^a   Salem, K ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIZAROV EXTERNAL FIXATOR; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21544461766     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-005-0638-6     Document Type: Article

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