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Reduced incidence and economic cost of hardware removal after ankle fracture surgery: a 20-year nationwide registry study

Background and purpose — Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a treatment method for unstable ankle fractures. During recent years, scientific evidence has shed light on surgical indications as well as on hardware removal. We assessed the incidence and trends of hardware removal procedures...

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Autores principales: Partio, Nikke, Huttunen, Tuomas T, Mäenpää, Heikki M, Mattila, Ville M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8023897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32106732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1733749