Acute shortening and re-lengthening in the management of bone and soft-tissue loss in complicated fractures of the tibia

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-88

  El Rosasy, M A ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE INFECTION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOTOMY; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE LENGTHENING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33846873048     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17595     Document Type: Article

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