Results of ankle fractures with involvement of the posterior tibial margin

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-60

  Langenhuijsen, Johan F ^a   Heetveld, Martin J ^a   Ultee, Jan M ^a   Steller, E Philip ^a   Butzelaar, Rudi M J M ^a  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Joint congruity; Posterior tibial fragment; Trimalleolar fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRACTURE HEALING; GAIT; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TARSAL BONE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TARSAL BONES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036636811     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200207000-00012     Document Type: Article

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