Predictors of nonunion and reoperation in patients with fractures of the tibia: an observational study

Background Tibial shaft fractures are the most common long bone fracture and are prone to complications such as nonunion requiring reoperations to promote fracture healing. We aimed to determine the fracture characteristics associated with tibial fracture nonunion, and their predictive value on the...
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Fong, Katie [verfasserIn]

Truong, Victoria

Foote, Clary J

Petrisor, Brad

Williams, Dale

Ristevski, Bill

Sprague, Sheila

Bhandari, Mohit

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2013

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Tibial shaft fractures

Reoperation

Secondary intervention

Fracture prognostic index

Fracture characteristics

Nonunion

Cortical continuity

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© Fong et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders - London : BioMed Central, 2000, 14(2013), 1 vom: 22. März

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volume:14 ; year:2013 ; number:1 ; day:22 ; month:03

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1471-2474-14-103

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SPR028022432

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