A new hinged dynamic distractor, for immediate mobilization after knee dislocations: Technical note

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1233-1237

  Zaffagnini, Stefano ^a   Iacono, Francesco ^a   Lo Presti, Mirco ^a   Di Martino, Alessandro ^a   Chochlidakis, Stavros ^b   Elkin, Daniel J ^c   Giordano, Giovanni ^a   Marcacci, Maurilio ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b General Hospital of Agios Nikolaos   (Greece)

^c Hospital Manuel Belgrano   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Dynamic external fixator; Immediate mobilization; Knee

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND HEALING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; EARLY AMBULATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 57149106818     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0515-4     Document Type: Article

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