Position of the distal fibular fragment in pronation and supination ankle fractures: A CT evaluation

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 561-566

  Tang, Chris W ^a   Roidis, Nikolaos ^a   Vaishnav, Suketu ^a   Patel, Anand ^a   Thordarson, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scan; Distal fibular fragment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; TIBIA;

EID: 0041569928     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302400707     Document Type: Article

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