Intra-articular displaced fractures of the calcaneus. Operative vs non-operative treatment

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-65

  Rodriguez Merchan, E C ^a,c   Galindo, E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^b Department of Service   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032998709     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050307     Document Type: Article

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