Current concepts review: Operative techniques for stabilizing the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1302-1308

  Van Den Bekerom, Michel P J ^a,b,c   Raven, Eric E J ^a,c  

^a Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam ^*

^b GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; DATA BASE; FIBULA; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; LIGAMENT SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPLER; SURGICAL STAPLING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNDESMOSIS INJURY; TIBIA;

ANKLE INJURIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBULA; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; TIBIA;

EID: 37049003113     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.1302     Document Type: Review

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