Segmental tibia fractures: A prospective evaluation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 460, Issue , 2007, Pages 196-201

  Kakar, Sanjeev ^a   Tornetta III, Paul ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REOPERATION; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; TIBIA FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447335823     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e318050a3f0     Document Type: Article

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