Fixator-assisted nailing and consecutive lengthening over an intramedullary nail for the correction of tibial deformity

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 146-152

  Bilen, F E ^a,b   Kocaoglu, M ^a   Eralp, L ^a   Balci, H I ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Acibadem Maslak Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIAL DEFORMITY; ADOLESCENT; BONE NAIL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75649150440     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B1.22637     Document Type: Article

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