Anterior tension band plating for anterior tibial stress fractures in high-performance female athletes: A report of 4 cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 425-430

  Borens, Olivier ^a   Sen, Milan K ^a   Huang, Russel C ^a   Richmond, Jeffrey ^a   Kloen, Peter ^b   Jupiter, Jesse B ^c   Helfet, David L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Stress fracture; Tension band plating; Tibial shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR TENSION BAND PLATING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT INJURY; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748149053     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200607000-00011     Document Type: Article

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