Comparison between ender and unreamed interlocking nails in tibial shaft fractures

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1458-1462

  Soleimanpour, Jafar ^a   Feizi, Hojat H ^a   Mohseni, Mohammad A ^a   Moradi, Amin ^a   Arzromchilar, Ali ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDER NAIL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; BONE NAIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 58749104167     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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