Extending the indications of intramedullary nailing with the Expert Tibial Nail®

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 77-87

  Kuhn, Sebastian ^a   Hansen, M ^b   Rommens, P M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Worms   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE SCREW; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 43249107023     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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