Complex ankle arthrodesis using the ilizarov method yields high rate of fusion foot and ankle

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 470, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2864-2873

  Fragomen, Austin T ^a   Borst, Eugene ^a   Schachter, Lindsay ^b   Lyman, Stephen ^a   Rozbruch, S Robert ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; ILIZAROV METHOD; JOINT FUNCTION; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SUBTALAR JOINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866363306     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2470-9     Document Type: Article

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