Comparative study of the use of electromagnetic fields in patients with pseudoarthrosis of tibia treated by intramedullary nailing

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 437-440

  Cebrián, Juan L ^a   Gallego, Pilar ^a   Francés, Alberto ^a   Sánchez, Piedad ^a   Manrique, Elena ^a   Marco, Fernando ^a   López Durán, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950916727     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0806-1     Document Type: Article

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