EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF OPEN AND CLOSED TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURES IN A QUATERNARY REFERENCE CENTER

EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF OPEN AND CLOSED TIBIA SHAFT FRACTURES IN A QUATERNARY REFERENCE CENTER

ABSTRACT Introduction Tibia shaft fractures are among the most common in orthopedic practice, but Brazilian literature remains limited on the subject. Objective To evaluate the characteristics of tibia shaft fractures and conduct a comparison between exposed and closed fractures of the tibia. M...

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Main Authors: ALEX DE LIMA SANTOS, CONRADO TAZIMA NITTA, GUILHERME BONI, GUSTAVO TADEU SANCHEZ, MARCEL JUN SUGAWARA TAMAOKI, FERNANDO BALDY DOS REIS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia 2018-06-01
Series:Acta Ortopédica Brasileira
Subjects:
Tibial fractures
Fractures, open
Fractures, closed
Prospective study
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522018000300194&tlng=en

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