Percutaneous screw configuration versus perimeter plating of calcaneus fractures: A cadaver study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 931-935

  Smerek, Jonathan P ^a   Kadakia, Anish ^a   Belkoff, Stephen M ^a,b   Knight, Trevor A ^a   Myerson, Mark S ^a   Jeng, Clifford L ^a  

^a c/o Elaine P Henze ^*

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver study; Calcaneus fracture; Percutaneous fixation; Perimeter plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TALUS;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 53549087790     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2008.0931     Document Type: Article

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