Injury to the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve, a possible cause for anterior knee pain after tibial nailing?

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 779-783

  Leliveld, M S ^a   Verhofstad, M H J ^a  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fractures; Infrapatellar nerve; Intramedullary; Knee pain; Tibial nailing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRAPATELLAR NERVE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TIBIA; TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860723135     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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