Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1478-1490 , December 2009

Evidence-Based Indications for Ankle Arthroscopy

  • Mark A. Glazebrook, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Mark A. Glazebrook, M.Sc., Ph.D., M.D., F.R.C.S.C., QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax Infirmary Site, Room 4865, 1796 Summer St, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A7, Canada
    • ,
  • Venkat Ganapathy, M.B.B.S., C.C.F.P.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael A. Bridge, M.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • James W. Stone, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Jean-Pascal Allard, B.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.S.C.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Received 8 April 2009 ,Accepted 5 May 2009.

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 Supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Smith & Nephew.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00418-6

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.05.001

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1478-1490 , December 2009

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