Comparison of low, multidirectional locked nailing and plating in the treatment of distal tibial metadiaphyseal fractures

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1457-1462

  Li, Yong ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Tang, Xin ^a   Pei, Fuxing ^a   Wang, Guanglin ^a   Fang, Yue ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Crook, Nicolas ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELECOXIB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; DISTAL TIBIAL METADIAPHYSEAL FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE PAIN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864281313     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-012-1494-9     Document Type: Article

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