The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 313-318 , October 2010

Fibular head osteotomy: A new approach for the treatment of lateral or posterolateral tibial plateau fractures

  • Baoqing Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthropaedics, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
    • ,
  • Kaiwei Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 13482849654; fax: +86 21 81873398.
    • ,
  • Ce Zhan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthropaedics, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
    • ,
  • Chuncai Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthropaedics, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
    • ,
  • Hui Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthropaedics, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China
    • ,
  • Jiachan Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthropaedics, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China

Received 22 May 2009 ,Revised 28 December 2009 ,Accepted 6 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.01.002

The Knee
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 313-318 , October 2010

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