Intramedullary nailing of the tibia with the expert tibia nail®;Tibiamarknagelung mit dem Expert Tibia Nagel®

Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 620-635

  Hansen, Matthias ^a   Attal, René El ^b   Blum, Jochen ^a   Blauth, Michael ^b   Rommens, Pol Maria ^c  

^a Klinikum Worms   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expert tibia nail ; Fracture; Intramedullary nail; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE NAILS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76049103038     PISSN: 09346694     EISSN: 14390981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00064-009-2010-2     Document Type: Article

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