Review of the effect of fixation on complication rate in the base wedge osteotomy

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 327-330

  Higgins, Kevin R ^a,b   Shebetka, Karry A ^c   Lavery, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center ^*

^c Welborn Baptist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; METATARSAL BONE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; MALE; METATARSAL BONES; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030187632     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-86-7-327     Document Type: Review

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