A biomechanical comparison of micromotion after ankle fusion using 2 fixation techniques: Intramedullary arthrodesis nail or Ilizarov external fixator

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-341

  Fragomen, Austin T ^a,b   Meyers, Kathleen N ^a,b   Davis, Nicole ^a,b   Shu, Hengsheng ^a,c   Wright, Timmothy ^a,b   Rozbruch, S Robert ^a,b  

^a Hospital for Special Surgery ^*

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Ankle arthrodesis; Biomechanical study; Biomet arthrodesis nail; Ilizarov; Intramedullary nail; Limb salvage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DORSIFLEXION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LEG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 40349103698     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0334     Document Type: Article

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