Operative fixation of unstable ankle fractures in patients aged over 80 years

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 599-602

  Shivarathre, Deepak G ^a   Chandran, Prakash ^a   Platt, Simon R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Complications; Elderly; Operative; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CAST APPLICATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79958265968     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.0599     Document Type: Article

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