Ankle arthrodesis using antegrade intramedullary nail for salvage of nonreconstructable tibial pilon fractures

Orthopedics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 611-

  Niikura, Takahiro ^a   Miwa, Masahiko ^a   Sakai, Yoshitada ^a   Lee, Sang Yang ^a   Oe, Keisuke ^a   Iwakura, Takashi ^a   Koh, Akihiro ^a   Koga, Takaaki ^a   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; MALE; NONRECONSTRUCTABLE TIBIAL PILON FRACTURE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SUBTALAR JOINT; TALUS; TIBIA FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ARTHRODESIS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ARTHRODESIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349218604     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20090624-26     Document Type: Article

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