Early clinical and radiographic outcomes after treatment of displaced intra-articular calcaneal fractures using delta-frame external fixator construct

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-140

  Kissel, Charles G ^a   Husain, Zeeshan S ^a   Cottom, James M ^a   Scott, Ryan T ^a   Vest, Joshua ^a  

^a DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4; Distraction; Frame; Heel; Ligamentotaxis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCANEUS FRACTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MALE; MARYLAND FOOT SCORE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBTALAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CALCANEUS; COHORT STUDIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBTALAR JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951882555     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.12.026     Document Type: Article

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