New trends and techniques in open reduction and internal fixation of fractures of the tibial plateau

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-433

  Musahl, V ^a,b,c   Tarkin, I ^a,b   Kobbe, P ^a,b   Tzioupis, C ^a,b   Siska, P A ^a,b   Pape, H C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROFIBROSIS; ARTHROSCOPY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FIBROSIS; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INCISION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ARTHROSCOPY; BONE PLATES; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63849137195     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B4.20966     Document Type: Review

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