Operative treatment of displaced lateral malleolar fractures: The Knowles pin technique

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 192-197

  Lee, Yih Shiunn ^a   Huang, Chun Chen ^b   Chen, Cheng Nan ^a   Lin, Chien Chung ^a  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Ankle scoring scale; Knowles pin; Lateral malleolar fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISSECTION; ENDOPROSTHESIS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16244390257     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200503000-00007     Document Type: Article

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