Late reconstruction of the anterior tibiofibular syndesmosis for ankle diastasis with talar shift in a 12-year-old boy. A case report

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Beumer, Annechien ^a   Hermans, John J ^a   Niesten, Dieu Donne ^b   Heijboer, Rien P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle diastasis; Child; Chronic; Talar shift; Wagstaffe's fracture

Indexed keywords

ANKLE DIASTASIS; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE PAIN; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT EFFUSION; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS; TIBIOFIBULAR SYNDESMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14644429716     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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