Nonoperative treatment of the medial malleolus in bimalleolar and trimalleolar ankle fractures: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 633-637

  Hoelsbrekken, Sigurd Erik ^a   Kaul Jensen, Kjersti ^a   Mørch, Thale ^a   Vika, Håvard ^a   Clementsen, Torkil ^a   Paulsrud, Øyvind ^a   Petursson, Gunnar ^a   Stiris, Morten ^a   Strømsøe, Knut ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

ankle fracture; internal fixation; medial malleolus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY ANKLE HIND FOOT SCORE; ARTICLE; BIMALLEOLAR ANKLE FRACTURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEOLUS FRACTURE; OLERUD MOLANDER ANKLE SCORE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRIMALLEOLAR ANKLE FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURES; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION;

EID: 84887404906     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e31828e1bb7     Document Type: Article

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