Anterior tibial tendon avulsion with distal tibial fracture entrapment: Case Report

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 645-647

  Mechrefe, Anthony Pierre ^a,b   Walsh, Eric Ferguson ^a   DiGiovanni, Christopher W ^a  

^a Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR TIBIAL TENDON AVULSION; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33747894557     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602700816     Document Type: Article

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