Conservative functional treatment of ankle fractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-168

  Dietrich, A ^a   Lill, H ^a   Engel, T ^a   Schonfelder M ^a   Josten, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Conservative treatment; Functional treatment; Weber B

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BRACES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036955951     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020100342     Document Type: Article

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