Ilizarov ring fixator for a difficult case of ankle syndesmosis disruption

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 335-337

  Relwani, Jaikumar ^a   Lahoti, Om ^a   Orakwe, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle fractures; Ilizarov method; Syndesmotic injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV RING FIXATOR; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036751421     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-2516(02)80054-0     Document Type: Article

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