Current concepts in tibial plateau fractures

Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 363-373

  Thomas, Ch ^a,b   Athanasiov, A ^a   Wullschleger, M ^a,b   Schuetz, Michael ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIA FRACTURE;

HUMANS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 72449157140     PISSN: 00015415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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