Exchange reamed nailing for aseptic nonunion of the tibia

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1053-1059

  Zelle, Boris A ^a   Gruen, Gary S ^a   Klatt, Brian ^a   Haemmerle, Marcus J ^a   Rosenblum, William J ^a   Prayson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange reamed intramedullary nailing; Tibial nonunion; Tibial shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9644289246     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000100380.50031.DC     Document Type: Article

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