Knee arthrodesis with a unilateral external fixator

Acta Chirurgica Belgica

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Hessmann, M ^a   Gotzen, L ^a   Baumgaertel, F ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthritis; External fixators; Fractures; Infection; Knee; Knee injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRODESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 0030161217     PISSN: 00015458     EISSN: 25770160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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