Single or double distal locking in intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft fractures: A prospective randomized study

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-37

  Hapa, Onur ^a   Muratli, Hasan Hilmi ^a   Yüksel, Halil Yalçin ^a   Çelebi, Levent ^a   Doǧruyol, Daǧhan ^a   Biçimoǧlu, Ali ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone; Distal locking; Fractures; Tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREW; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74549192240     PISSN: 1306696X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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