Ankle fractures in diabetic neuropathic arthropathy : Can tibiotalar arthrodesis salvage the limb?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 906-914

  Ayoub, M A ^a,b  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE INSTABILITY; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TALUS; TIBIOTALAR ARTHRODESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 47549115034     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B7.20090     Document Type: Article

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