Transitional fractures of the distal tibia: A minimal access approach for osteosynthesis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1371-1375

  Castellani, Christoph ^a   Riedl, Georg ^a   Eberl, Robert ^a   Grechenig, Stefan ^a   Weinberg, Annelie Martina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cannulated screw; Children; Therapy; Transitional fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT FUNCTION INDEX; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN IRRITATION; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73949155908     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818866fd     Document Type: Article

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