Long-term outcome after supination-external rotation type-4 fractures of the ankle

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1607-1611

  Stufkens, S A S ^a   Knupp, M ^a   Lampert, C ^a,b   Van Dijk, C N ^a,c   Hintermann, B ^a  

^a Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHROSCOPY; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; RUPTURE; SUPINATION; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249100430     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B12.22553     Document Type: Article

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