Outcomes associated with the internal fixation of long-bone fractures proximal to traumatic amputations

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2312-2318

  Gordon, Wade T ^a   O'Brien, Frederick P ^a   Strauss, Joseph E ^a   Andersen, Romney C ^a   Potter, Benjamin K ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RATING SCALE; SOLDIER; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957891926     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00138     Document Type: Article

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