Epidemiology of adult tibial shaft fractures: A 7-year study in a major referral orthopedic center in Iran

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Madadi, Firooz ^a   Farahmandi, Manouchehr Vahid ^a   Eajazi, Alireza ^a   Besheli, Laleh Daftari ^a   Madadi, Firoozeh ^b   Lari, Mehdi Nasri ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Epidemiology; Iran; Orthopedics; Tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE PAIN; BONE SWELLING; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; JOINT LIMITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE; HOSPITAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 77954273735     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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