Treatment of femoral nonunions by using cyclic compression and distraction

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 436, Issue , 2005, Pages 222-228

  Inan, Muharrem ^a   Karaoglu, Sinan ^b   Cilli, Feridun ^c   Turk, C Yildirim ^b   Harma, Ahmet ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^c Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE NAIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21844436074     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000159153.09508.97     Document Type: Article

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