Injury
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 253-258 , March 2010

Distal tibial fractures treated with hybrid external fixation

  • G.C. Babis

      Affiliations

    • A’ Orthopaedic Department University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: First Department of Orthopaedics, Athens University Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Rimini 1 Chaidari, Athens, Greece. Tel.: +30 210 5831548; fax: +30 210 5831548.
    • ,
  • P. Kontovazenitis

      Affiliations

    • A’ Orthopaedic Department University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • D.S. Evangelopoulos

      Affiliations

    • C’ Orthopaedic Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • P. Tsailas

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Fellow Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • K. Nikolopoulos

      Affiliations

    • C’ Orthopaedic Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
    • ,
  • P.N. Soucacos

      Affiliations

    • A’ Orthopaedic Department University of Athens, Athens, Greece

,Accepted 4 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.09.014

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