Effectiveness of completely round nails with both-ends-threaded locking screws for tibial shaft fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 893-899

  Lin, Jinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Both ends threaded screw; Completely round nail; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; OPEN FRACTURE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUND NAIL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 33749990290     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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