Anterior knee pain following the lateral parapatellar approach for tibial nailing

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-777

  Weil, Yoram A ^a,b   Gardner, Michael J ^a   Boraiah, Sreevathsa ^a   Helfet, David L ^a   Lorich, Dean G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Intramedullary nailing; Knee pain; Tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349153315     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-008-0678-7     Document Type: Article

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