Ankle arthrodesis using an ilizarov external fixator in patients wounded by landmines and gunshots

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-184

  Bek, Doǧan ^a,b   Demiralp, Bahtiyar ^a   Kürklü, Mustafa ^a   Ateşalp, Ali S ^a   Başbozkurt, Mustafa ^a  

^a Ankara ^*  (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankle; Arthrodesis; Circular external fixator; Gunshot wounds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOLLOW UP; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TALUS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; BLAST INJURIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 38649113584     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0178     Document Type: Article

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