Femur malunion treated with open osteotomy and intramedullary nailing in developing countries

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 784-787

  Tall, M ^a   Ouedraogo, I ^a   Nd Kasse, A ^b   Tekpa, B J D ^b   Bonkoungou, G ^a   Belem, S ^a   Toe, M F ^c   Da, S C ^a  

^a Ouagadougou University Educational and Research Unit   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^c Schiphra Medical Center Schiphra   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Diaphyseal malunion of the femur; Femoral osteotomy; Open intramedullary nailing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECORTICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG INEQUALITY; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868373564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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