Temporary Transarticular External Fixation of the Knee and Ankle

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 431-434

  Anglen, Jeffrey O ^a,b   Aleto, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal femur fracture; External fixation; Pilon fracture; Tibial plateau fracture

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032132711     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199808000-00012     Document Type: Article

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