Cast treatment and intramedullary locking nailing for simple and spiral wedge tibial shaft fractures - A cost benefit analysis

Annales Chirurgiae et Gynaecologiae

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-142

  Toivanen, J A K ^a   Hirvonen, M ^a   Auvinen, O ^a   Honkonen, S E ^a   Jarvinen, T L N ^a   Koivisto, A M ^a   Jarvinen, M J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Costs; Intramedullary locking nailing; Plaster cast; Tibial shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTER CAST; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; CASTS, SURGICAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 30344487658     PISSN: 03559521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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