An Anatomical Way of Treating Ankle Syndesmotic Injuries

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 762-765

  Qamar, Faisal ^a   Kadakia, Anish ^a   Venkateswaran, Balachandran ^a  

^a Dewsbury and District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

End button; Fibula; Fracture; Injury; Surgery; Tibia; TightRope

Indexed keywords

FLUCLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN V;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIXATION DEVICE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN IRRITATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054951961     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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