Use of Intramedullary Nonvascularized Fibular Graft with External Fixation for Revisional Charcot Ankle Fusion: A Case Report

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 249-253

  Jeong, Soon Taek ^a   Park, Hyung Bin ^a   Hwang, Sun Chul ^a   Kim, Dong Hee ^a   Nam, Dae Cheol ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthrodesis; Arthropathy; Bone graft; Surgery; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHARCOT ANKLE ARTHROPATHY; FIBULA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; REVISIONAL CHARCOT ANKLE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIOTALOCALCANEAL ARTHRODESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; TARSAL JOINTS;

EID: 84856802420     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: 15422224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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