Modified hybrid fixator for high-energy Schatzker V and VI tibial plateau fractures

Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-26

  Ariffin, Hisam Muhamad ^a   Mahdi, Nidzwani M ^a   Rhani, Shaharuddin A ^a   Baharudin, Azmi ^a   Shukur, Mohamad Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA MEDICAL CENTER   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

High energy tibial plateau fractures; Hybrid external fixator; Severe soft tissue injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952701278     PISSN: 18288936     EISSN: 18288928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11751-011-0105-4     Document Type: Article

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