Spiral and oblique fractures of distal one-third of tibia-fibula: Treatment results with circular external fixator

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 267-271

  Demiralp, Bahtiyar ^a   Atesalp, Ali Sabri ^a   Bozkurt, Murat ^b   Bek, Dogan ^a   Tasatan, Ersin ^a   Ozturk, Cagatay ^c   Basbozkurt, Mustafa ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Turkish Armed Forces Rehabilitation and Care Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Distal tibia; External fixation; Ilizarov; Oblique fractures

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 34548172195     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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