Soft tissue management of open tibia fractures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Yaremchuk, M J ^a   Gan, Bing Siang ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Open fracture; Soft tissues; Tibia

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; OPEN FRACTURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 3142562241     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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