Treatment of distal tibial metaphyseal fractures: Plating versus shortened intramedullary nailing

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 531-535

  Yang, Shan Wei ^a   Tzeng, Huey Ming ^b   Chou, Yi Jiun ^a   Teng, Hsiu Peng ^a   Liu, Hsin Hua ^a   Wong, Chi Yin ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distal tibial fractures; Intramedullary nailing; Plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; METAPHYSIS; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33646205047     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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