Complications of syndesmotic screw removal

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1040-1044

  Schepers, Tim ^a,b   Van Lieshout, Esther M M ^b   De Vries, Mark R ^a   Van Der Elst, Maarten ^a  

^a REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Complications; Screw removal; Syndesmosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE SCREW; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SYNDESMOTIC DIASTASIS; SYNDESMOTIC SCREW; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055133620     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.1040     Document Type: Article

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