Ankle Arthrodesis: The Simple and the Complex

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-400

  Ahmad, Jamal ^a   Raikin, Steven M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY;

ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 48549090604     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2008.04.007     Document Type: Review

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