Fusion of the septic ankle; experience with 15 cases using hybrid external fixation

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 685-691

  Kollig, Erwin ^a   Esenwein, Stephen A ^a   Muhr, Gert ^a   Kutscha Lissberg, Friedrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle joint; Hybrid external fixator; Salvage procedure; Septic fusion

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE SCREW; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FISTULA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HYBRID EXTERNAL FIXATION; HYBRID EXTERNAL FIXATOR; INFECTION CONTROL; JOINT DESTRUCTION; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTTRAUMATIC OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHANZ SCREW; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHRODESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142240403     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000051933.83342.E4     Document Type: Article

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