Metaphyseal locking plate as a definitive external fixator for treating open tibial fractures-clinical outcome and a finite element study

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1097-1101

  Ma, Ching Hou ^a   Wu, Chin Hsien ^a   Tu, Yuan Kun ^a,b   Lin, Ting Sheng ^b  

^a E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

External fixator; Finite element model; Locking plate; Open tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; METAPHYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SCREW TRACT INFECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE PLATES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893657713     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.04.023     Document Type: Article

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