Is there a role for intramedullary nails in the treatment of simple pilon fractures? Rationale and preliminary results

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1107-1111

  Marcus, Matthew S ^a   Yoon, Richard S ^b   Langford, Joshua ^c   Kubiak, Erik N ^d   Morris, Andrew J ^d   Koval, Kenneth J ^c   Haidukewych, George J ^c   Liporace, Frank A ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^c ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

43c; Ao ota type; Articular; Fracture; Intramedullary nail; Pilon; Plafond; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; INTRAARTICULAR TIBIAL PLAFOND FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURIES; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893675000     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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