Successful reconstruction for complex malunions and nonunions of the tibia and femur

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 485-492

  Buijze, Geert A ^a   Richardson, Shawn ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWER EXTREMITY FUNCTIONAL SCALE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79952415205     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00342     Document Type: Article

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