Fixation of distal femoral fractures with the less invasive stabilization system: A minimally invasive treatment with locked fixed-angle screws

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1425-1434

  Kolb, Werner ^a   Guhlmann, Hanno ^a   Windisch, Christoph ^a   Marx, Frank ^a   Kolb, Klaus ^b   Koller, Heiko ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b KATHARINENHOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angularly stable fixation; Distal femoral fractures; LISS; Minimally invasive treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALGUS DEFORMITY; WOUND INFECTION; BONE PLATE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REOPERATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650576430     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318166d24a     Document Type: Article

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