Intramedullary tibial nailing in distal third tibial fractures: Distal locking screws and fracture non-union

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-549

  Mohammed, Aso ^a   Saravanan, Ramaswamy ^b   Zammit, Jason ^b   King, Richard ^c  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OLDCHURCH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46149089655     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-007-0356-3     Document Type: Article

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