Functional outcome of ankle fracture patients treated with biodegradable implants

Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 153-156

  Rangdal, Sushil ^a   Singh, Daljit ^a   Joshi, Narendra ^b   Soni, Ashwani ^a   Sament, Radheshyam ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ankle fractures; Biodegradable implants; Functional outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; BONE SWELLING; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OLERUD MOLANDER ANKLE SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864525436     PISSN: 12687731     EISSN: 14609584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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