A Comminuted Talar Body Fracture Osteosynthesized with Bioabsorbable Screws: A Case Report

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 709-712

  Noda, Mitsuaki ^a,c   Yoshino, Koichi ^a   Honda, Hisaki ^a   Doita, Minoru ^b   Yoshiya, Shinichi ^b  

^a Kaiseikai Fujita Hospital   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kaiseikai Fujita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOABSORBABLE SCREW; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 1942443946     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000028855.50175.46     Document Type: Article

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