Incidence and morphology of the posteromedial fragment in bicondylar tibial plateau fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-51

  Higgins, Thomas F ^a   Kemper, Dan ^a   Klatt, Joshua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicondylar; Posteromedial fragment; Tibial plateau fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICONDYLAR TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT DISLOCATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRACTURE NONUNION; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449084464     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31818f8dc1     Document Type: Article

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