Avoiding complications in the care of fractures of the tibia

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1760-1768

  Cannada, Lisa K ^a   Anglen, Jeffrey O ^b   Archdeacon, Michael T ^c   Herscovici, Dolfi ^d   Ostrum, Robert F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); RECOMBINANT BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; RECOMBINANT OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1;

BONE GRAFT; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION; METAPHYSIS; PAIN; PATELLA TENDON; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWELLING; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 48749118030     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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