Comparison study of therapeutic results of closed tibial shaft fracture with intramedullary nails inserted with and without reaming

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 950-953

  Sadighi, Ali ^a   Elmi, Asghar ^a   Jafari, Mohamad Ali ^a   Sadeghifard, Vahid ^b   Goldust, Mohamad ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Intramedullaiy nail; Reaming; Tibia fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CALLUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; BONE NAILS; BONY CALLUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 82855175440     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2011.950.953     Document Type: Article

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