Ilizarov external fixator in foot and ankle reconstruction

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-128

  Plakseychuk, Anton ^a   Wukich, Dane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot and ankle reconstructive surgery; Ilizarov method

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE DISTRACTION; ANKLE RECONSTRUCTION; BONE SCREW; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646073135     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000192880.76823.d3     Document Type: Review

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