Surgical treatment of type II floating knee: Comparisons of the results of type IIA and type IIB floating knee

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 578-586

  Hung, Shao Hung ^a,b,c,d   Lu, Yen Mou ^a,e   Huang, Hsuan Ti ^a,e   Lin, Yen Ko ^a,e   Chang, Je Ken ^a,d,e   Chen, Jian Chih ^a,e   Tien, Yin Chun ^a,e   Huang, Peng Ju ^a,e   Chen, Chung Hwan ^a,d,e   Liu, Ping Cheng ^a,e,f   Chao, David ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Floating knee; Intra articular knee involvement; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34247586179     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0252-1     Document Type: Article

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