Redisplacement after ankle osteosynthesis with absorbable implants

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-162

  Pelto Vasenius, K ^a,b   Hirvensalo, E ^a   Vasenius, J ^a   Partio, E K ^a   Bostman O ^a   Rokkanen, P ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYGLYCOLIDE; POLYLACTIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYESTERS; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031943468     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050218     Document Type: Article

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