Intra-articular fractures of the distal femur. A long term follow-up study of surgically treated patients

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Rademakers, Maarten V ^a   Kerkhoffs, Gino M M J ^a   Sierevelt, Inger N ^a   Raaymakers, Ernst L F B ^a   Marti, René K ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distal femoral fracture; Internal fixation; Intra articular; Long term results

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342637158     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200404000-00004     Document Type: Article

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