Pathologic tibia/fibula fracture through a suture button screw tract: Case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 645-648

  Hohman, Donald W ^a   Affonso, Jesse ^a   Marzo, John M ^a   Ritter, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOTBALL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952722920     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546510384807     Document Type: Article

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