The Below-the-Ankle Circular Frame: A New Technique for the Treatment of Displaced Calcaneal Fractures

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Malizos, Konstantinos N ^a   Bargiotas, Konstantinos ^a   Papatheodorou, Loucia ^a   Dimitroulias, Apostolos ^a   Karachalios, Theofilos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BONE WIRES; CALCANEUS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 33747880221     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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