The treatment of open femoral fractures with bone loss

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92 B, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1678-1684

  Mitchell, S E ^a   Keating, J F ^a   Robinson, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650156367     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B12.25190     Document Type: Article

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