Expandable self-locking nail in the management of closed diaphyseal fractures of femur and tibia

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-270

  Kapoor, Sudhir K ^a   Kataria, Himanshu ^a   Boruah, Tankeswar ^a   Patra, Satya R ^a   Chaudhry, Aashish ^a   Kapoor, Saurabh ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Diaphyseal fracture femur; Diaphysial fracture tibia; Expandable nail; Radiation risk; Self locking nail

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349152370     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.53457     Document Type: Article

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