Management of comminuted closed tibial plafond fractures using circular external fixators

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 582-589

  Kapukaya, Ahmet ^a   Subasi, Mehmet ^a   Arslan, Huseyin ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

External fixator; Fracture; Tibia plafond

Indexed keywords

BONE DEFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744529821     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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