A 1-Piece Shape-Metal Nitinol Intramedullary Internal Fixation Device for Arthrodesis of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint in Neuropathic Patients With Diabetes

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Roukis, Thomas S ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetic foot; hammer toe deformity; neuropathy; Nitinol

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; NITINOL;

AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; HAMMER TOE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TOE JOINT;

AGED; ALLOYS; ARTHRODESIS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; FEMALE; HAMMER TOE SYNDROME; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TOE JOINT;

EID: 73949090089     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640009336199     Document Type: Article

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