Treatment of femoral and tibial diaphyseal nonunions using reamed intramedullary nailing without bone graft

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 952-959

  Oh, Jong Keon ^a   Bae, Ji Hoon ^a   Oh, Chang Wug ^b   Biswal, Sandeep ^a   Hur, Chang Ryong ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Femur; Intramedullary nailing; Nonunion; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL BONE; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47349086424     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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