Unstable bicondylar tibial plateau fractures: A clinical investigation

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 673-679

  Eggli, Stefan ^a   Hartel, Maximilian J ^a   Kohl, Sandro ^a   Haupt, Uli ^a   Exadaktylos, Aristomenis K ^a   Röder, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; Fracture pattern; Fracture reduction; Orif; Osteosynthesis; Outcome; Tibial plateau fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; UNSTABLE BICONDYLAR TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59049105768     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31818b1452     Document Type: Article

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