RT Journal
A1 Om, Lakhwani Prakash
T1 Analysis of Surgeon-Controlled Variables in the Treatment of Limb-Threatening Type-III Open Tibial Diaphyseal Fractures
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2009
FD February 1
VO 91
IS 2
SP 489
OP 490
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
The authors did not provide details about the nature and type of the fractures, which greatly influence the management of these injuries and the functional outcomes. It is not the particular procedure—i.e., external fixation or intramedullary nailing—that determines the likelihood of a successful outcome, but rather the primary injury characteristics that lead the surgeon to choose the treatment options. Hence, comparison done only on the basis of the procedures may not provide valid results.