Gustilo grade IIIB tibial fractures requiring microvascular free flaps: External fixation versus intramedullary rod fixation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-17

  Rohde, Christine ^a   Greives, Matthew R ^c   Cetrulo, Curtis ^b   Lerman, Oren Z ^c   Levine, Jamie P ^c   Hazen, Alexes ^c  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Free flap; Intramedullary rod; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GUSTILO 3B FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROVASCULARIZATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34250844938     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31803403c8     Document Type: Article

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