Operative treatment of tibial fractures in children: Are elastic stable intramedullary nails an improvement over external fixation?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1761-1768

  Kubiak, Erik N ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Scher, David ^a   Wasserman, Bradley ^a   Feldman, David ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHYSIS; ELASTICITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PAIN; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044486891     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.C.01616     Document Type: Review

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