Soft Iissue management of children's open tibial fractures - A review of senventy children over twenty years

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 320-325

  Rao, P ^a   Schaverien, M V ^a   Stewart, K J ^a  

^a Royal Hosptial for Sick Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Fasciocutaneous flaps; Open tibial fracture; Soft tissue management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 77953625991     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12664192075017     Document Type: Review

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