External fixation of tibial pilon fractures and fracture healing

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 326, 2007, Pages 2-34

  Ristiniemi, Jukka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; RECOMBINANT OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAPHYSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947526467     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453690610046521     Document Type: Article

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