Early unreamed intramedullary nailing without a safety interval and simultaneous flap coverage following external fixation in type IIIB open tibial fractures: A report of four successful cases

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-294

  Ueno, Masaki ^a   Yokoyama, Kazuhiko ^b   Nakamura, Koushin ^a   Uchino, Masataka ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^a   Itoman, Moritoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Machida Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early flap coverage; External fixation; No safety interval; Type IIIB open tibia fractures; Unreamed intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SAFETY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31744450913     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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