Use of locking compression plates for long bone nonunions without removing existing intramedullary nail: Review of literature and our experience

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 482-486

  Nadkarni, Biren ^a   Srivastav, Shekhar ^a   Mittal, Vivek ^a   Agarwal, Shekhar ^a  

^a SANT PARMANAND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Exchange nailing; Locking plate; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERLOCKING NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LONG BONE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 67649213601     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31817c9905     Document Type: Article

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