Outcomes of suture button repair of the distal tibiofibular syndesmosis

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-256

  DeGroot, Henry ^a   Al Omari, Ali A ^b   El Ghazaly, Sherif Ahmed ^c  

^a NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ankle; Surgical treatment; Syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE INJURY; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE THERAPY; DISTAL TIBIOFIBULAR SYNDESMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE BUTTON DEVICE; SUTURE REMOVAL; SUTURING METHOD; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953233606     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0250     Document Type: Article

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