Eight years' clinical experience with the Orthofix® tibial nailing system in the treatment of tibial shaft fractures

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-234

  Babis, George C ^a   Benetos, Ioannis S ^a   Karachalios, Theofilos ^b   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nailing; Open reduction; Power intramedullary reaming; Tibial shaft fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845926116     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.07.030     Document Type: Article

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