Open fractures of the tibia: Experience in a district hospital

Emirates Medical Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-255

  Dinakar, Begur ^a   Khan, Tariq ^a   Kumar, Ajit ^a  

^a Fujairah Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Infection; Open fracture; Plating; Wound debridement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLATE FIXATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 33644891629     PISSN: 02506882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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