Treatment of distal tibial fractures: Plate versus nail: A retrospective outcome analysis of matched pairs of patients

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 709-714

  Janssen, Kasper W ^a   Biert, Jan ^a   Van Kampen, Albert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348834164     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0237-1     Document Type: Article

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