Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis: A biomechanical comparision of multiplanar external fixation with intramedullary fixation

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 936-941

  Santangelo, James R ^a,b   Glisson, Richard R ^a   Garras, David N ^a   Easley, Mark E ^a  

^a Womack Army Med Center ^*

^b WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TALUS; TIBIA;

EID: 53549085704     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0936     Document Type: Article

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