Operative versus Nonoperative Treatment of Displaced Intra-articular Calcaneal Fractures in Elderly Patients

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-32

  Basile, Attilio ^a  

^a SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

calcaneus; posttraumatic arthrosis; subtalar joint; surgery; trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBTALAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CALCANEUS; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTALAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 72649089754     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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