Functional and radiographic results of patients with syndesmotic screw fixation: Implications for screw removal

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-6

  Manjoo, Ajay ^a   Sanders, David W ^a   Tieszer, Christina ^a   MacLeod, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fixation; Screw removal; Syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDESMOTIC SCREW FIXATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149119777     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181a9f7a5     Document Type: Review

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