Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for nonunion of the tibia

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-141

  Elster, Eric A ^a,b   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^a   Forsberg, Jonathan ^a   Shawen, Scott ^a   Andersen, Romney C ^a   Schaden, Wolfgang ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c AUVA Soziale Unfallversicherung   (Austria)

Author keywords

ESWT; Fracture; Nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HIGH-ENERGY SHOCK WAVES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649160314     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181b26470     Document Type: Article

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