Nonoperatively treated displaced bimalleolar and trimalleolar fractures: A 20-year follow-up

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 404-407

  Wei, Steven Y ^a   Okereke, Enyi ^a,b   Winiarsky, Raz ^a   Lotke, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING;

EID: 0032789468     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079902000702     Document Type: Article

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