Operative treatment of intra-articular calcaneal fractures with calcaneal plates and its complications

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-280

  Rak, Vaclav ^a,b   Ira, Daniel ^a   Masek, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Calcaneal plate; Intra articular calcaneal fracture; Lateral extensile approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349135040     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.49388     Document Type: Article

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