Use of the taylor spatial frame for arthrodiastasis of the ankle joint

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-207

  Zgonis, Thomas ^a   Stapleton, John J ^a   Roukis, Thomas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle arthrodiastasis; Ankle arthrosis; Ilizarov external fixation; Posttraumatic arthrosis; Taylor spatial frame

Indexed keywords

ANKLE ARTHRODIASTASIS; ARTICLE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 34548399773     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTF.0b013e318142b394     Document Type: Article

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