Use of the Taylor Spatial Frame in Compression Arthrodesis of the Ankle: A Study of 10 Cases

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-187

  Thiryayi, Wasiq A ^a   Naqui, Zafar ^b   Khan, Sohail A ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Northwest Orthopaedic HST scheme   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ankle; Arthrodesis; external fixation; outcome; tibiotalar

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT ULCER; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PIN SITE CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REOPERATION;

EID: 77249118674     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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