Pilon fractures: Treatment with combined internal and external fixation

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 489-496

  Tornetta, P ^a,b   Weiner, Lon ^a,b   Bergman, Marc ^a,b   Watnik, Neil ^a,b   Steuer, Jeff ^a,b   Kelley, Mark ^a,b   Yang, Edward ^a,b  

^a KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined internal external fixation; Pilon fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027735165     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199312000-00001     Document Type: Article

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