Simultaneous Treatment of Tibial Bone and Soft-tissue Defects With the Ilizarov Method

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-202

  Robert Rozbruch, S ^a   Weitzman, Adam M ^b   Tracey Watson, J ^c   Freudigman, Paul ^d   Katz, Howard V ^e   Ilizarov, Svetlana ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Baylor College of Medicine   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone defect; Ilizarov; Nonunion; Taylor spatial frame; Tibia; Wound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECROSIS; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LIMB SALVAGE; NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33646843549     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200603000-00006     Document Type: Article

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