Operative compared with nonoperative treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures. A prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1733-1744

  Buckley, Richard ^a   Tough, Suzanne ^a   McCormack, Robert ^a   Pate, Graham ^a   Leighton, Ross ^a   Petrie, Dave ^a   Galpin, Robert ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKLOAD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036796310     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200210000-00001     Document Type: Article

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