Intramedullary fixation of tibial shaft fractures: A comparison of the unlocked and interlocked nail

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Lee, Yih Shiunn ^a   Lo, Ting Ying ^a   Huang, Hui Ling ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649120536     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0271-z     Document Type: Article

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