Outcomes of tibial nonunion in older adults following treatment using the Ilizarov method

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 634-642

  Brinker, Mark R ^a,b,c   O'Connor, Daniel P ^b  

^a TEXAS ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Joe W King Orthopedic Institute   (United States)

^c Fondren Orthopedic Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformity; Elderly; External fixation; Infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35148867542     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318156c2a2     Document Type: Article

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