Ilizarov external fixation and then nailing in management of infected nonunions of the tibial shaft

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 685-691

  Emara, Khaled M ^a,b   Allam, Mohamed Farouk ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bone graft; External fixation; Ilizarov; Intramedullary nail; Lengthening; Nonunion; Tibial shaft

Indexed keywords

CEFOPERAZONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEEP PIN TRACK INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALING; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIBIA SHAFT; TIBIAL SHAFT INFECTED NONUNION; TIBIAL SHAFT NONUNION; TIME; BONE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE NONUNION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650329829     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181569ecc     Document Type: Article

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