Limb salvage reconstruction of the ankle with fusion and simultaneous tibial lengthening using the ilizarov/taylor spatial frame

HSS Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-42

  Tellisi, Nazzar ^a   Fragomen, Austin T ^a   Ilizarov, Svetlana ^a   Rozbruch, S Robert ^a  

^a Hospital for Special Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Angkle fusion; Ankle arthordesis; Lengthening; Limb salvage; Taylor spatial frame; TSF

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349090763     PISSN: 15563316     EISSN: 15563324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11420-007-9073-0     Document Type: Article

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