Surgical treatment of pilon fracture based on ankle position at the time of injury/initial direction of fracture displacement: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 418-425

  Wei, Shi jun ^a   Han, Fang ^a   Lan, Sheng hui ^a   Cai, Xian hua ^a  

^a WUHAN GENERAL HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

Distal tibial fracture; Intra articular ankle fracture; Pilon fracture; Plafond fracture; Treatment protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN ORTHOPEDIC FOOT AND ANKLE SOCIETY SCORE; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE PARALYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PILON FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND COMPLICATION; ANKLE; ANKLE POSITION; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; LEG FRACTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

ADULT; ANKLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84900000146     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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