Nonunion of a fracture of the lateral malleolus: A case report and review of the literature

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-52

  Rand, Nahshon ^a   Mosheiff, Ram ^b   Liebergall, Meir ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BODY POSTURE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031028775     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079701800111     Document Type: Article

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