The role of external fixation in acute ankle trauma

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 455-474

  Rammelt, Stefan ^a   Endres, Thomas ^a   Grass, Rene ^a   Zwipp, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANKLE INJURY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE INFECTION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; NECROSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE INJURIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8444242082     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2004.05.001     Document Type: Review

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