Delayed aseptic swelling after fixation of talar neck fracture with a biodegradable poly-L-lactide rod: Case reports

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 634-637

  Yoshino, Nobuyuki ^a   Takai, Shinro ^a   Watanabe, Yoshinobu ^a   Kamata, Keiji ^a   Hirasawa, Yasusuke ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYLACTIDE;

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVITIS; TALUS FRACTURE;

EID: 0031681399     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079801900913     Document Type: Article

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