Effects of three- or four-cortex syndesmotic fixation in ankle fractures

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 457-459

  Karapinar, Hasan ^a   Kalenderer, Onder ^b,c   Karapinar, Levent ^b,c   Altay, Taskin ^b,c   Manisali, Metin ^d   Gunal, Izge ^d  

^a Department of Pathology Buca Seyfi Demirsoy   (Turkey)

^b SSK Tepecik Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Social Security Hospital   (Turkey)

^d DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 36849046278     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/0970457     Document Type: Article

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