Comparison of a novel FiberWire-button construct versus metallic screw fixation in a syndesmotic injury model

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-54

  Forsythe, Kevin ^a,b   Freedman, Kevin B ^a   Stover, Michael D ^a   Patwardhan, Avinash G ^a  

^a Maguire Center 1700 ^*

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; TIBIA;

AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 37849029165     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0049     Document Type: Article

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