Twenty-one-Year Follow-up of Supination-External Rotation Type II-IV (OTA Type B) Ankle Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages e108-e114

  Donken, Christian C M A ^a   Verhofstad, Michael H J ^b   Edwards, Michael J ^a   van Laarhoven, Cees J H M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ankle; Fracture; Malleolus; Supination external rotation; Weber b

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEDELL SCORE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPINATION EXTERNAL ROTATION TYPE II FRACTURE; SUPINATION EXTERNAL ROTATION TYPE III FRACTURE; SUPINATION EXTERNAL ROTATION TYPE IV FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROTATION; SUPINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864361991     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31822c4ea5     Document Type: Article

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