Pathoanatomy of posterior malleolar fractures of the ankle

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1085-1092

  Haraguchi, Naoki ^a   Haruyama, Hiroki ^b   Toga, Hidekazu ^a   Kato, Fumio ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Haruyama Hospital for Surgery   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTERIOR MALLEOLAR FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33646449378     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00856     Document Type: Article

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