Functional outcome of patients following open reduction internal fixation for bilateral calcaneus fractures

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 917-921

  Zmurko, Matthew G ^a   Karges, David E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral Calcaneus Fractures; Functional Outcome; Open Reduction Internal Fixation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTALAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036795916     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070202301005     Document Type: Article

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