Management of the Varus Arthritic Ankle

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-442

  Hennessy, Michael S ^a   Molloy, Andrew P ^b   Wood, Edward V ^a  

^a WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOTOMY; REVIEW;

ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; OSTEOTOMY;

EID: 48549088003     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2008.04.006     Document Type: Review

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