Early complications and recurrence rates after kirschner wire transfixion in lesser toe surgery: A prospective randomized study

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-112

  Klammer, Georg ^a   Baumann, Gregor ^a   Moor, Beat Kaspar ^a   Farshad, Mazda ^a   Espinosa, Norman ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Claw toe; Complication; Hammertoe; K wire; Kirschner; Kirschner wire; Lesser toe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LESSER TOE; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOE MALFORMATION; WIRE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES; HAMMER TOE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TOE JOINT;

EID: 84859051883     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2012.0105     Document Type: Article

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