Percutaneous plating of distal tibial fractures: Preliminary results in 21 patients

Injury

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 608-614

  Borg, Tomas ^a   Larsson, Sune ^b   Lindsjö, Ulf ^b  

^a ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Closed; Minimally invasive plate fixation; Osteosynthesis; Percutaneous; Tibial shaft fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 2342586556     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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