External fixation of the foot and ankle: Elective indications and techniques for external fixation in the midfoot

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-63

  Hamilton, Graham A ^a   Ford, Lawrence A ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTHRODESIS; FOOT INJURY; FOOT MALFORMATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LIMB DEFORMITY; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VARUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0037255720     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-8422(02)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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