Lateral approach for fixation of the fractures of the distal tibia. Outcome of 20 patients: Technical note

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Manninen, Mikko J ^a   Lindahl, J ^a   Kankare, J ^a   Hirvensalo, E ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone plates; Fracture fixation; Fracture healing; Internal; Postoperative complications; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250652893     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0278-3     Document Type: Article

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