Advantages of the Ilizarov external fixation in the management of intra-articular fractures of the distal tibia

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Vasiliadis, Elias S ^a   Grivas, Theodoros B ^b   Psarakis, Spyridon A ^a   Papavasileiou, Evangelos ^a   Kaspiris, Angelos ^a   Triantafyllopoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

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EID: 70349829693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-4-35     Document Type: Article

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