Open midfoot blast trauma treated with ring external fixation: Case report

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-267

  Keeling, John J ^a,b   Beer, Robert ^a,b   Forsberg, Jonathan A ^a,b   Andersen, Romney C ^a,b   Mazurek, Michael T ^a,c   Shawen, Scott B ^a,b  

^a Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ^*

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Lisfranc fracture; Open midfoot injury; Tarsometatarsal joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING EXTERNAL FIXATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649112966     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2009.0262     Document Type: Article

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