The Indications and Technique of Supramalleolar Osteotomy

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-561

  Becker, Adam S ^a,b   Myerson, Mark S ^a  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Englewood Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle arthritis; Deformity; Distal tibia; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTHROPATHY; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE NAIL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TIBIA;

ANKLE JOINT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIBIA;

EID: 68949196460     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2009.06.002     Document Type: Review

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