Fragility fractures of the ankle

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 809-813

  Lemon, Michael ^a,b   Somayaji, H S ^a   Khaleel, A ^a   Elliott, D S ^a  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20844456817     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B6.16146     Document Type: Article

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