High energy tibial plateau fractures treated with hybrid fixation: Is knee bridging necessary?

Orthopedics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-361

  Katsenis, Dimitris L ^a   Dendrinos, George K ^b   Kontos, Savas J ^b  

^a Argos Periferiakos Koklas   (Greece)

^b Athens Euroclinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIXATION FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOTOMY; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAR FORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646061020     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20060401-08     Document Type: Article

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