Twenty-Two-Year Follow-up of Pronation External Rotation Type III-IV (OTA Type C) Ankle Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages e115-e122

  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; Pronation external rotation; Weber c

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONATION EXTERNAL ROTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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: 84864362781     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31823bc320     Document Type: Article

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