Five-year followup of ankle joint distraction for post-traumatic chondrolysis in an adolescent: A case report

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 942-948

  Sabharwal, Sanjeev ^a,b   Schwechter, Evan M ^a  

^a Othopaedics ^*

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROLYSIS; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE JOINT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34547683328     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.0942     Document Type: Article

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