Capsuloligamentotaxis and definitive fixation by an ankle-spanning Ilizarov fixator in high-energy pilon fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1100-1106

  Kapoor, S K ^a   Kataria, H ^a   Patra, S R ^a   Boruah, T ^a  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE INFECTION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIGH ENERGY PILON FRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955379631     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B8.23602     Document Type: Article

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