Treatment of syndesmosis disruptions with TightRope fixation

Techniques in Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-202

  Coetzee, J Chris ^a,b   Ebeling, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TWIN CITIES ORTHOPEDICS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ankle biomechanics; Syndesmosis injuries; TightRope fixation; Weber C fractures

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE SYNDESMOSIS DISRUPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPLINT; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249094666     PISSN: 15360644     EISSN: 15381943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTF.0b013e3181757476     Document Type: Article

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