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Combined Lag Screw and Cerclage Wire Fixation for Calcaneal Tuberosity Avulsion Fractures

Avulsion fractures of the calcaneal tuberosity represent a rare injury pattern that is caused by a powerful tension force from the Achilles tendon and is usually seen following minor trauma, especially in elderly patients. The objective of this study is to describe a surgical technique using cerclag...

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Autores principales: Giordano, Vincenzo, Godoy-Santos, Alexandre Leme, de Souza, Felipe Serrão, Koch, Hilton Augusto, de Cesar Netto, Cesar, Rammelt, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30534455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6207024