The severity and prediction of anterior knee pain post tibial nail insertion

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 381-385

  Cartwright Terry, Matthew ^a,b   Snow, Martyn ^a   Nalwad, Harsha ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b 2 Clarendon Mews ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior knee pain; Functional score; Pain score; Tibial nail

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34447301522     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3180caa138     Document Type: Article

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