Are outcomes of bimalleolar fractures poorer than those of lateral malleolar fractures with medial ligamentous injury?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1438-1441

  Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a,b   McLaurin, Toni M ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a   Bhadsavle, Siraj ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^b   Egol, Kenneth A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN ORTHOPEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY SCORE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMORBIDITY; DELTOID MUSCLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447269176     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01006     Document Type: Article

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