Intra-articular fractures of the tibial plafond. A comparison of the results using articulated and ring external fixators

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 868-875

  Okcu, G ^a,c   Aktuglu, K ^b  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIPHYSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444270258     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B6.15077     Document Type: Review

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