Does fibular plating improve alignment after intramedullary nailing of distal metaphyseal tibia fractures?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-103

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a,d   Weisz, Russell ^b   Hiebert, Rudi ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^c   Sanders, Roy W ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Intramedullary nailing; Malalignment; Radiographic; Tibia fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA SHAFT; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE NAIL; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

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

EID: 33744496584     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000199118.61229.70     Document Type: Article

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