Repair of tibial nonunions and bone defects with the taylor spatial frame

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 88-95

  Rozbruch, S Robert ^a,b   Pugsley, Jacob S ^a   Fragomen, Austin T ^a   Ilizarov, Svetlana ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone defects; Ilizarov method; Taylor spatial frame (TSF); Tibial nonunions

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE INFECTION; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 41649099748     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318162ab49     Document Type: Article

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