Ankle arthritis: Current status of ankle replacement versus fusion and other treatment modalities

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-123

  Lalonde, Karl ^b   Conti, Stephen F ^a,c  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Arthritis; Arthrodesis; Arthroplasty; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHRITIS; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE DISTRACTION; ANKLE PROSTHESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; THERAPY; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33646025291     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000192879.69199.76     Document Type: Review

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