2010 Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Physician in Training Award: Healing complications are common after locked plating for distal femur fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 469, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1757-1765

  Henderson, Christopher E ^a   Lujan, Trevor J ^b   Kuhl, Lori L ^a   Bottlang, Michael ^b   Fitzpatrick, Daniel C ^c   Marsh, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Slocum Center for Orthopaedics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEEL; TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALLUS; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 79959539205     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-011-1870-6     Document Type: Article

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