External Fixators as an Adjunct to Wound Healing

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 145-156

  Clemens, Mark W ^a   Parikh, Pranay ^a   Hall, Melanie M ^b   Attinger, Christopher E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEG INJURY; LIMB SALVAGE; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; LIMB SALVAGE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 39849084640     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2007.12.001     Document Type: Review

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