Treatment of the Arthritic Valgus Ankle

Foot and Ankle Clinics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 647-663

  Barg, Alexej ^a,b   Pagenstert, Geert I ^a   Leumann, André G ^a   Müller, Andreas M ^a   Henninger, Heath B ^b   Valderrabano, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle alignment; Arthritic valgus ankle; Realignment surgery for arthritic valgus ankle; Total ankle replacement; Total ankle replacement for arthritic valgus angle; Valgus deformity

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY; FOOT MALFORMATION; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW;

ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, ANKLE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS;

EID: 84869429540     PISSN: 10837515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcl.2012.08.007     Document Type: Review

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