Management of displaced ankle fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 515-518

  Petrisor, Brad A ^a   Poolman, Rudolf ^a   Koval, Kenneth ^b   Tornetta III, Paul ^c   Bhandari, Mohit ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankle; Fracture; Malleolar; Malleolus; Rehabilitation; Syndesmotic

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 33746874784     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200608000-00012     Document Type: Review

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