Comparison of two-staged ORIF and limited internal fixation with external fixator for closed tibial plafond fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1289-1297

  Wang, Cheng ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Wang, Manyi ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

External fixator; Open reduction and internal fixation; Pilon fracture; Tibial plafond

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CALLUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL PLAFOND FRACTURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957337992     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-010-1075-6     Document Type: Article

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