Cochrane in CORR ^®: Intramedullary Nailing for Tibial Shaft Fractures in Adults (Review)

Affiliations

¹ Center for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington Street North, Suite 110, Hamilton, ON, L8L 8E7, Canada. herman.johal@medportal.ca.
² Center for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington Street North, Suite 110, Hamilton, ON, L8L 8E7, Canada.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

Comment

Herman Johal et al. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;475(3):585-591.

doi: 10.1007/s11999-016-5202-8. Epub 2016 Dec 19.

¹ Center for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington Street North, Suite 110, Hamilton, ON, L8L 8E7, Canada. herman.johal@medportal.ca.
² Center for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, McMaster University, 293 Wellington Street North, Suite 110, Hamilton, ON, L8L 8E7, Canada.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.

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Intramedullary nailing for tibial shaft fractures in adults.
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