Distal tibial fracture post syndesmotic screw removal: An adverse complication

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1405-1408

  Citak, Mustafa ^a   Backhaus, Manuel ^a   Muhr, Gert ^a   Kälicke, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Complication; Distal tibial fracture; Lower extremity; Syndesmotic screw

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISTAL TIBIAL FRACTURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; POST SYNDESMOTIC SCREW REMOVAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWELLING; TIBIA FRACTURE; TOE TO KNEE CAST;

AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE SCREWS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 83255186685     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1314-5     Document Type: Article

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