Distal tibia fractures: Locked or non-locked plating?

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 299-304

  Khalsa, Amrit S ^a   Toossi, Nader ^a   Tabb, Loni P ^b   Amin, Nirav H ^c   Donohue, Kenneth W ^a   Cerynik, Douglas L ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cleveland Clinic Sports Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; BONE PLATING SYSTEM; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902652380     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2014.913226     Document Type: Review

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