The effect of fibular malreduction on contact pressures in an ankle fracture malunion model

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 12 79A, 1997, Pages 1809-1815

  Thordarson, David B ^a,b   Motamed, Sohel ^a   Hedman, Thomas ^a,b   Ebramzadeh, Edward ^a   Bakshian, Sam ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CAPSULOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBULA; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031471251     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199712000-00006     Document Type: Article

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