Expandable nailing system for tibial shaft fractures

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 940-946

  Fortis, A P ^a   Dimas, A ^a   Lamprakis, A A ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Department   (Greece)

Author keywords

Expandable nail; Intramedullary nailing; Tibial shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 47349117462     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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