Ankle fractures in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1234-1244

  Blackburn, Ethan W ^a   Aronsson, David D ^a   Rubright, James H ^a   Lisle, Jennifer W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHROSCOPY; CAST APPLICATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPORT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 84863579048     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00682     Document Type: Review

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