The use of circular wire external fixation in the treatment of salvage ankle arthrodesis

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-31

  Zarutsky, Eugene ^a,b,c   Rush, Shannon M ^b,d   Schuberth, John M ^b,d  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d San Francisco Bay Area Foot   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot; External fixation; Ilizarov; Salvage ankle arthrodesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTHROPATHY; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEPSIS; STRESS FRACTURE; TALUS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 13444259737     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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