Ununited diaphyseal forearm fractures with segmental defects: Plate fixation and autogenous cancellous bone-grafting

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2440-2445

  Ring, David ^a   Allende, Christian ^b   Jafarnia, Koroush ^c   Allende, Bartolome T ^b   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sanatorio Allende   (Argentina)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOULNAR JOINT;

EID: 8144224049     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200411000-00013     Document Type: Article

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