Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-104 , June 2010

Conversion of failed ankle arthroplasty to an arthrodesis: Technique using an arthrodesis nail and a cage filled with morsellized bone graft

Received 8 February 2008 ,Revised 14 December 2008 ,Accepted 8 January 2009.

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☆ None of the authors have received commercial support related directly or indirectly to the subjects of this article.

PII: S1268-7731(09)00003-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.01.001

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 101-104 , June 2010

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