Reamed and unreamed intramedullary nailing for the treatment of open and closed tibial fractures: A subgroup analysis of randomised trials

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1307-1313

  Xue, Deting ^a   Zheng, Qiang ^a   Li, Hang ^a   Qian, Shengjun ^a   Zhang, Bo ^a   Pan, Zhijun ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBOLISM; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BONE NAILS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78549233350     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-009-0895-x     Document Type: Article

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