Management of complex tibial and femoral nonunion using the Ilizarov technique, and its cost implications

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 928-932

  Pati, Sunit ^a   Montgomery, R ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BONE DEFECT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745969124     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B7.17639     Document Type: Review

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