Is the absence of an ipsilateral fibular fracture predictive of increased radiographic tibial pilon fracture severity?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 6-10

  Barei, David P ^a   Nork, Sean E ^a   Bellabarba, Carlo ^a   Sangeorzan, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibula fracture; Rank order; Tibial pilon fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIA FRACTURE; CLASSIFICATION; FIBULA; FRACTURE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33646829330     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000189589.94524.ff     Document Type: Article

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