Treatment of grade IIIB opens tibial fracture by ilizarov hybrid external fixator

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 177-180

  Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Singh, G K ^a   Bajracharya, S ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Clinical and functional outcome; Ilizarov hybrid external fixator; Tibial plateau; Upper fourth and distal fourth fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GUSTILO CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION; REST; SAFETY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WALKING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849116724     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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