Minimally invasive ankle arthrodesis with a retrograde locking nail after failed fusion

Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-47

  Mader, K ^a   Verheyen, C C ^c   Gausepohl, T ^b   Pennig, D ^a  

^a ST VINZENZ HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Paracelsus Klinik Marl   (Germany)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle arthrodesis; Calcaneotalotibial arthrodesis; Failed fusion; Retrograde nail

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249893074     PISSN: 18288936     EISSN: 18288928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11751-007-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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