Fracture of the Polyethylene Component in an Ankle Arthroplasty: A Case Report

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 901-903

  Assal, Mathieu ^a,b   Al Shaikh, Raad ^a   Reiber, Benjamin H ^a   Hansen, Sigvard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ankle Arthroplasty; Ankle Arthroplasty Complication; Ankle Malalignment; Failed Total Ankle; Polyethylene Fracture

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ADULT; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346880262     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070302401205     Document Type: Article

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