Primary ankle fusion using Blair technique for severely comminuted fracture of the talus

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-50

  Hantira, Hazem ^a   Al Sayed, Hassan ^b   Barghash, Ibrahim ^b  

^a Al Razi Orthopaedic Hospital   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blair fusion; Fracture of the talus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OPEN FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; TALUS; TIBIA; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0037255242     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068157     Document Type: Article

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