A retrospective analysis of comminuted intra-articular fractures of the tibial plafond: Open reduction and internal fixation versus external Ilizarov fixation.

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Published in Injury on January 31, 2008

Authors

Stacy Bacon1, Wade R Smith, Steven J Morgan, Erik Hasenboehler, Giby Philips, Allison Williams, Bruce H Ziran, Philip F Stahel

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Denver Health Medical Centre, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80204, USA.

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