The Surgical Management of High- and Low-energy Tibial Plafond Fractures: A Combination of Internal and External Fixation Devices

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-444

  Marin, Luis E ^a   Wukich, Dane K ^b   Zgonis, Thomas ^c  

^a Palmetto General Hospital   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; BONE REMODELING; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INCISION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILON FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGEON; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33646126489     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2006.01.012     Document Type: Review

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