Functional treatment of closed segmental fractures of the Tibia

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 325-331

  Sarmiento, A ^a,b   Latta, L L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Functional bracing; Segmental tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; SEGMENTAL TIBIAL FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRACES; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349133787     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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