An update on the management of high-energy pilon fractures

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-154

  Tarkin, I S ^a   Clare, M P ^b   Marcantonio, A ^a   Pape, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological plating; Distal tibia fracture; Pilon fracture; Plafond fracture; Vacuum assisted closure device

Indexed keywords

COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJURY SEVERITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PILON FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANKLE INJURIES; BLISTER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38749093316     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.07.024     Document Type: Review

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