Role of early Ilizarov ring fixator in the definitive management of type II, IIIA and IIIB open tibial shaft fractures

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 915-923

  Wani, Naveed ^a   Baba, Asif ^b   Kangoo, Khurshid ^a   Mir, Mohammad ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OPEN FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE; TIBIAL DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053080235     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-010-1023-7     Document Type: Article

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