Minimally invasive treatment of pilon fractures with a low profile plate: Preliminary results in 17 cases

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-659

  Borens, Olivier ^a   Kloen, Peter ^b   Richmond, Jeffrey ^a   Roederer, Goetz ^a   Levine, David S ^a   Helfet, David L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fracture; Minimally invasive; Pilon; Plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; PILON FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 64449087323     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0219-1     Document Type: Article

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