Postoperative treatment of internally fixed ankle fractures: A prospective randomised study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-399

  Van Laarhoven, C J H M ^a,c   Meeuwis, J D ^b   Van Der Werken, C ^a  

^a Dept Obstet Gynaecol Acad H   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; CASTS, SURGICAL; CRUTCHES; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029980856     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b3.0780395     Document Type: Article

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