Treatment strategies for complex fractures of the tibial plateau with external circular fixation and limited internal fixation

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1043-1053

  Catagni, Maurizio A ^a,b   Ottaviani, Giulia ^c   Maggioni, Massimiliano ^a,b  

^a Association for the Study and Application of the Method of Ilizarov (ASAMI)   (Italy)

^b A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circular external fixation; Complex tibial plateau fractures; Ilizarov method; Limited internal fixation; Schatzker types V and VI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WIRE FIXATION;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE WIRES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36048963544     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181238d88     Document Type: Article

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