An Introduction to the Taylor Spatial Frame for Foot and Ankle Applications

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-9

  Wukich, Dane K ^a   Belczyk, Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcot; equinovarus; equinus; foot and ankle; Ilizarov; Paley; rockerbottom; Stewart platform; Taylor Spatial Frame; TSF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOOT MALFORMATION; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; PES EQUINOVARUS; PES EQUINUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33646167043     PISSN: 10486666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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