Rigidity comparison of locking plate and intramedullary fixation for tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 581-586

  O'Neill, Patrick J ^a   Logel, Kevin J ^a   Parks, Brent G ^a   Schon, Lew C ^a,b  

^a Union Memorial Hospital ^*

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Fusion; Locking plate; Tibiotalocalcaneal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SUBTALAR ARTHRODESIS; SUBTALAR JOINT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; SUBTALAR JOINT; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 44849113287     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0581     Document Type: Article

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