An alternative method for the treatment of nonunion of the tibia with bone loss

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 783-789

  Sen, C ^a   Eralp, L ^b   Gunes, T ^a   Erdem, M ^a   Ozden, V E ^b   Kocaoglu, M ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POVIDONE IODINE; TEICOPLANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GRAFT; BONE INFECTION; BONE MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAFT INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; RELIABILITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745657600     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B6.17515     Document Type: Article

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