Predictors of functional outcome following transsyndesmotic screw fixation of ankle fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-108

  Weening, Brad ^a   Bhandari, Mohit ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Complications; Functional outcomes; Internal fixation; Syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844330683     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200502000-00006     Document Type: Article

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