Conservative treatment of isolated fractures of the medial malleolus

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Herscovici Jr , D ^a   Scaduto, J M ^a   Infante, A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OPEN FRACTURE; PLASTER CAST; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846893010     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.18349     Document Type: Article

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