High association of posterior malleolus fractures with spiral distal tibial fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1692-1698

  Boraiah, Sreevathsa ^a,b   Gardner, Michael J ^c   Helfet, David L ^a   Lorich, Dean G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; FEMALE; FIBULA; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849133471     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0224-5     Document Type: Article

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