Application of external fixators for management of charcot deformities of the foot and ankle

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Cooper, Paul S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FOOT ULCER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0037345030     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/svas.2003.50007     Document Type: Article

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