Treatment of gustilo grade III tibial fractures with unreamed intramedullary nailing versus external fixator: A meta-analysis

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fang, Xiao ^a   Jiang, Lei ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Zhao, Liangyu ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

External fixator; Intramedullary nailing; Meta analysis; Open tibial fractures; Unreamed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL FIXATOR; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 84859531058     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882610     Document Type: Article

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