Outcome after unstable ankle fracture: Effect of syndesmotic stabilization

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Egol, Kenneth A ^a   Pahk, Brian ^a   Walsh, Michael ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal C ^a   Davidovitch, Roy I ^a   Koval, Kenneth J ^b  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Complication; Outcome; Syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; BONE INJURY; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SPINE STABILIZATION; SYNDESMOTIC STABILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UNSTABLE ANKLE FRACTURE; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149196927     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181b1542c     Document Type: Review

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