Surgical treatment of distal tibia fractures: A comparison of medial and lateral plating

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-

  Lee, Yih Shiunn ^a,b,c   Chen, Shih Hao ^d   Lin, Jen Ching ^a,b   Chen, Yun O ^a,b   Huang, Chien Rae ^c   Cheng, Chyi Yin ^a  

^a LIN SHIN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65649147908     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090301-18     Document Type: Article

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