AO tubular external fixation vs. unreamed intramedullary nailing in open grade IIIA-IIIB tibial shaft fractures: A single-center randomized clinical trial

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 490-495

  Mohseni, Mohammad Ali ^a   Soleimanpour, Jafar ^a   Mohammadpour, Hossein ^a   Shahsavari, Abolfazal ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ambulation time; External fixation; Fracture union; Tibial shaft fracture; Unreamed intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051536657     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.490.495     Document Type: Article

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