Peroneal nerve damage by oblique proximal locking screw in tibial fracture nailing: A new emerging complication?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 449-451

  Drosos, Georgios I ^a,c   Stavropoulos, Nikolaos I ^b   Kazakos, Konstantinos I ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complications; Nailing; Peroneal nerve; Tibia; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE HEALING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERONEAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; PERONEAL NERVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34547120979     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0253-z     Document Type: Article

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