Treatment of diaphyseal forearm nonunions with interlocking intramedullary nails

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 450, Issue , 2006, Pages 186-192

  Hong, Gao ^a   Cong Feng, Luo ^a   Hui Peng, Shi ^a   Cun Yi, Fan ^a   Bing Fang, Zeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BODY POSTURE; BONE NAIL; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONVALESCENCE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONATION; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SUPINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 33748434084     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000214444.87645.75     Document Type: Article

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