Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 54-60 , June 2010

Medium term follow-up of the AES ankle prosthesis: High rate of asymptomatic osteolysis

  • Dante Rodriguez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Andres Caceres Avenue, 96B, Chiclayo City, Peru
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Bernhard Devos Bevernage, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc 10, Avenue Hippocrate, B1200 Bruxelles, Belgium
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  • Pierre Maldague, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc 10, Avenue Hippocrate, B1200 Bruxelles, Belgium
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  • Paul-André Deleu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc 10, Avenue Hippocrate, B1200 Bruxelles, Belgium
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  • Karim Tribak, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc 10, Avenue Hippocrate, B1200 Bruxelles, Belgium
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  • Thibaut Leemrijse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc 10, Avenue Hippocrate, B1200 Bruxelles, Belgium

Received 11 March 2009 ,Revised 29 May 2009 ,Accepted 31 May 2009.

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☆ Investigation performed at Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.

PII: S1268-7731(09)00071-X

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.05.013

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 54-60 , June 2010

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