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Ankle

The Cedell method (cerclage wire and staple) leads to less reoperations than the AO method

A retrospective comparative study of 347 lateral ankle fractures

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Pages 384-387 | Received 06 Jul 2014, Accepted 19 Oct 2014, Published online: 24 Nov 2014

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