A Retrospective Evaluation of Operative Treatment of Ankle Fractures

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-174

  Low, C K ^a   Pang, H Y ^a   Wong, H P ^a   Low, Y P ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Classification; Internal fixation; Malleolar; Score

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031085779     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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