Early Weight Bearing of Calcaneal Fractures Fixated With Locked Plates: A Radiographic Review

Foot & Ankle Specialist

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 320-323

  Hyer, Christopher F ^a   Atway, Said ^b   Berlet, Gregory C ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^a  

^a ORTHOPEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bohler's angle; calcaneal fracture; locked plate; weight bearing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79953155767     PISSN: 19386400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1938640010374121     Document Type: Article

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