Peri-articular fractures of the knee: An update on current issues

Knee

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-186

  Mallina, Ravi ^a   Kanakaris, Nikolaos K ^a   Giannoudis, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal femur; External fixation; Floating knee; Plating; Soft tissue injury; Tibial plateau

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIA FRACTURE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 77952092235     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2009.10.011     Document Type: Review

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