Syndesmotic fixation in supination-external rotation ankle fractures: A prospective randomized study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1103-1109

  Pakarinen, Harri J ^a   Flinkkilä, Tapio E ^a   Ohtonen, Pasi P ^a   Hyvönen, Pekka H ^a   Lakovaara, Martti T ^a   Leppilahti, Juhana I ^a   Ristiniemi, Jukka Y ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ankle fracture; Stress test; Supination eversion; Syndesmosis; Weber B

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPINATION EXTERNAL ROTATION ANKLE FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BONE SCREWS; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84055199770     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2011.1103     Document Type: Article

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