Acute repair and delayed reconstruction for lateral ankle instability: Twenty-year follow-up study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 530-535

  Kitaoka, Harold B ^a   Lee, Michael D ^b   Morrey, Bernard F ^a   Cass, Joseph R ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic ^*

Author keywords

Acute repair; Delayed reconstruction; Lateral ankle instability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031252450     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199710000-00012     Document Type: Article

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