Vascular abnormalities as assessed with CT angiography in high-energy tibial plafond fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-22

  LeBus, George F ^a   Collinge, Cory ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital

^c John Peter Smith Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood supply; CT angiography; Distal tibia; High energy fracture; Pilon; Plafond

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIAL ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 37849051037     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31815cf6e9     Document Type: Article

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