Function of stiff joints may be restored by Ilizarov joint distraction

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 348, Issue , 1998, Pages 220-227

  Van Roermund, P M ^a   Van Valburg, A A ^a   Duivemann, E ^a   Van Melkebeek, J ^b   Lafeber, F P J G ^a   Bijlsma, J W J ^a   Verbout, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT STABILITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0031899245     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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