Early prophylactic autogenous bone grafting in type III open tibial fractures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-331

  Kesemenli, Cumhur C ^a   Kapukaya, Ahmet ^a   Subaşi, Mehmet ^a   Arslan, Huseyin ^a   NecmioǧLu, Serdar ^a   Kayikçi, Cuma ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; PROPHYLAXIS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544336801     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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