Incidence and aetiology of anterior knee pain after intramedullary nailing of the femur and tibia

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 576-580

  Katsoulis, E ^a   Court Brown, C ^b   Giannoudis, P V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; MEDLINE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA;

BONE NAILS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; PAIN; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33646857040     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B5.16875     Document Type: Article

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