Closed and open grade I and II tibial shaft fractures treated by reamed intramedullary nailing

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 293-298

  Djahangiri, Ali ^a   Garofalo, Raffaele ^a   Chevalley, François ^a   Leyvraz, Pierre François ^a   Wettstein, Michael ^a   Borens, Olivier ^a   Schizas, Constantin ^a   Mouhsine, Elyazid ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nail; Tibial shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PATELLA TENDON; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745038064     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092993     Document Type: Article

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