The impact of proximal fibula fractures in the prognosis of tibial plateau fractures: A novel classification

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-328

  Bozkurt, Murat ^a,b   Turanli, Sacit ^c   Doral, Mahmut Nedim ^d   Karaca, Seyfettin ^a   Doğan, Metin ^a   Şeşen, Hakan ^a   Basbozkurt, Mustafa ^e  

^a Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (Turkey)

^b Tirebolu Sokak   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hamstring tightness; Lateral knee pain; Proximal fibula fracture; Tibia plateau fracture

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044458602     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-004-0525-5     Document Type: Article

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