Results and outcomes after operative treatment of high-energy tibial plafond fractures

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-265

  Harris, A Michael ^a   Patterson, Brendan M ^a   Sontich, John K ^a   Vallier, Heather A ^a,b  

^a MetroHealth Medical Center ^*

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

External Fixation; Outcomes; Pilon; Plafond; Tibial Fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL PLAFOND FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645686331     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700406     Document Type: Article

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