Staged management of high-energy proximal tibia fractures (ota types 41): The results of a prospective, standardized protocol

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 448-455

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a   Capla, Edward L ^a   Wolinsky, Philip L ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; External fixator; Spanning; Staged management; Tibial plateau fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24644478526     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000171881.11205.80     Document Type: Article

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