Ilizarov treatment of infected nonunions of the distal humerus after failure of internal fixation: An outcomes study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-184

  Brinker, Mark R ^a,b,c   O'Connor, Daniel P ^c   Crouch, C Craig ^b   Mehlhoff, Thomas L ^b   Bennett, James B ^b  

^a Center for Problem Fractures and Limb Restoration   (United States)

^b TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Joe W King Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Fracture; Internal fixation; Outcomes; Ununited

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFECTION; MALE; NEUROLYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATING ROOM; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34247586599     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318032c4d8     Document Type: Article

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