The use of weightbearing radiographs to assess the stability of supination-external rotation fractures of the ankle

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 693-698

  Weber, Martin ^a   Burmeister, Helge ^b   Flueckiger, Gerhard ^b   Krause, Fabian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ankle; Fracture; Non operative treatment; Radiographs; Stability assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CAST APPLICATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; ANKLE; ANKLE INJURY; FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77953055437     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-010-1051-1     Document Type: Article

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