Distal tibia fractures: Management and complications of 101 cases

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-588

  Joveniaux, Pierre ^a   Ohl, Xavier ^a   Harisboure, Alain ^a   Berrichi, Aboubekr ^b   Labatut, Ludovic ^c   Simon, Patrick ^d   Mainard, Didier ^e   Vix, Nicolas ^f   Dehoux, Emile ^a  

^a HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^b CHR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^f CHR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN NECROSIS; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950917667     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0832-z     Document Type: Article

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