Blade plate compared with locking plate for tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis: A cadaver study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Chodos, Marc D ^a   Parks, Brent G ^a   Schon, Lew C ^a   Guyton, Gregory P ^a   Campbell, John T ^a,b  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Blade plate; Fixation; Locking plate; Tibiotalocalcaneal fusion

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLADE PLATE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING TEST; LOCKING PLATE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTALAR JOINT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TIBIOTALOCALCANEAL ARTHRODESIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUBTALAR JOINT; TORSION, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38649133168     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0219     Document Type: Article

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