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The treatment of segmental tibial fractures: does patient preference differ from surgeon choice?
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Segmental tibial fractures are complex injuries with a prolonged recovery time. Current definitive treatment options include intramedullary fixation or a circular external fixator. However, there is uncertainty as to which surgical option is preferable and there are no sufficiently rigorous multi-centre trials that have answered this question. The objective of this study was to determine whether patient and surgeon opinion was permissive for a randomised controlled trial (RCT) comparing intra...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/j.injury.2017.08.014
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Arthritis Research UK
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Injury Journal website
- Volume:
- 48
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 2306-2310
- Publication date:
- 2017-08-09
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-08-06
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1879-0267
- ISSN:
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0020-1383
- Pmid:
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28818324
- Source identifiers:
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724109
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- Copyright holder:
- Elsevier Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd.
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