Minimally Invasive Osteosynthesis of Distal Tibial Fractures Using Locking Plates

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-504

  Ronga, Mario ^a   Shanmugam, Chezhiyan ^b   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^c   Oliva, Francesco ^d   Maffulli, Nicola ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal tibial fractures; Locking plates; Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis; Percutaneous; Tibial plafond fractures; Tibial pylon fractures

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MECHANICAL TORSION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL STRESS; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70249092518     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2009.05.007     Document Type: Review

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