Minimally invasive percutaneous plate fixation of distal tibia fractures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 635-640

  Bahari, Syah ^a,b   Lenehan, Brian ^a   Khan, Hamad ^a   McElwain, John P ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Distal tibia; Infection; Locking plate; MIPPO; Pilon fracture; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748932941     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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