Complications of definitive open reduction and internal fixation of pilon fractures of the distal tibia

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 413-418

  McCann, Philip A ^a,b   Jackson, Mark ^a   Mitchell, Steve T ^a   Atkins, Roger M ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PILON FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955978491     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-1005-9     Document Type: Article

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