Stabilizing severely open fractures of the tibia with a surgical suture: An alternative and feasible method for osteosynthesis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 143-147

  Gao, You Shui ^a   Li, Shan Zhu ^b   Zhu, Zhen Hong ^a   Zhang, Chang Qing ^a   Mei, Jiong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Open fractures; Osteosynthesis; Surgical suture; Tibial fractures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; HUMAN; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SUTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LEG PAIN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULSE OXIMETRY; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TETANUS; WOUND HEALING; BONE REGENERATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEFUROXIME; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

AGED; BONE REGENERATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; SUTURES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79951572041     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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