Distal tibial reconstruction with use of a circular external fixator and an intramedullary nail: The combined technique

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2218-2224

  Eralp, Levent ^a   Kocaoglu, Mehmet ^a   Yusof, Nazri Mohd ^b   Bulbul, Murat ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c VAKIF GUREBA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE REMODELING; BONE TUMOR; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LEG DISEASE; LEG INEQUALITY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 35349012594     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01579     Document Type: Article

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