Ankle and Pantalar Arthrodeses Using Vascularized Fibular Grafts

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-7

  Yajima, Hiroshi ^a   Kobata, Yasunori ^a   Tomita, Yasuharu ^a   Kawate, Kenji ^a   Sugimoto, Kazuya ^a   Takakura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle; Arthrodesis; Fibula; Nonunion; Vascularized Bone Graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NECROSIS; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKELETON RADIOGRAPHY; SUBTALAR ARTHRODESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1642581520     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070402500102     Document Type: Article

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