Management of displaced intraarticular calcaneal fractures by using external ring fixation, minimally invasive open reduction, and early weightbearing

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Talarico, Leonard M ^a   Vito, George R ^a,c   Zyryanov, Sergei Y ^b  

^a Atlanta Leg Lengthening Deformity C   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ILIZAROV SCIENTIFIC CENTER FOR RESTORATIVE TRAUMATOLOGY AND ORTHOPAEDICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Smith and Nephew Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calcaneal fracture; external ring fixation; Ilizarov method

Indexed keywords

CALCANEUS FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FOOT PAIN; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN REDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKELETON TRACTION; SKIN INFECTION; SUBTALAR JOINT; WEIGHT BEARING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE WIRES; CALCANEUS; EARLY AMBULATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2142751258     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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