Acute syndesmosis injuries associated with ankle fractures: Current perspectives in management

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Park, Jason C ^a,b   McLaurin, Toni M ^a,c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Holston Medical Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449100483     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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