Fractures of the calcaneus part I: Anatomy, injury mechanism, and classification

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 230-235

  Lowery, Robert B W ^a   Calhoun, Jason H ^b  

^a Medical Branch ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CALCANEUS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 0029863173     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079601700409     Document Type: Article

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