Salvage of osteoporotic ankle fractures after failed primary fixation with an ankle arthrodesis nail: A report on four cases

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 791-794

  Houshian, Shirzad ^a   Bajaj, Sunil K ^a   Mohammed, Abdul Moqeeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE NAIL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; X RAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODESIS; BONE NAILS; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; REOPERATION; TALUS; TIBIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33745983514     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2005.08.011     Document Type: Article

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