Ankle arthrodesis using Ilizarov ring fixators: A review of 22 cases

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 764-770

  Salem, Khaled Hamed ^a,b,c   Kinzl, Lothar ^a,b   Schmelz, Andreas ^a,b  

^a University of Ulm ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ankle Fusion; Circular External Fixation; Ilizarov; Infection

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE FRACTURE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHOE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TIBIOTALAR ARTHRODESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 33749363334     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070602701002     Document Type: Review

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