Author: Ran Hendrickx
Hendrickx, Ran, 2024 Intramedullary Nailing of Tibial Shaft Fractures: Pearls & Pitfalls, Flinders University, College of Medicine and Public Health
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The aim of this PhD Thesis is to contribute to individualizing the management of patients treated with intramedullary nailing for tibial shaft fractures to improve patient care. We aimed to achieve this by gaining a more in-depth knowledge regarding the various complications and subsequent surgical procedures that can occur, and by gaining a better insight in patient specific risks.
Keywords: intramedullary nailing, tibial shaft fracture, orthopaedic trauma
Subject: Medicine thesis
Thesis type: Doctor of Philosophy
Completed: 2024
School: College of Medicine and Public Health
Supervisor: Ruurd Jaarsma