Outcome and complications of treatment of ankle diastasis with tightrope fixation

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1204-1206

  Willmott, H J S ^a   Singh, B ^a   David, L A ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Ankle syndesmosis; Arthrex; Diastasis; Endobutton; Fibrewire; Tightrope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIBULA; FIXATION DEVICE; FOREIGN BODY; FRACTURE FIXATION; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TIGHTROPE FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70349417736     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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