Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1442-1446 , December 2009

Effect of Joint Motion on Safety of Portals in Posterior Ankle Arthroscopy

  • Mustafa Ürgüden, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Mustafa Ürgüden, M.D., Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı, Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, 07070 Antalya, Turkey
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  • Can Çevikol, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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  • T. Kürşat Dabak, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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  • Kamil Karaali, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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  • A. Turan Aydın, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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  • Ali Apaydın, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

Received 28 October 2008 ,Accepted 12 May 2009.

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 Supported by the Akdeniz University Scientific Research Projects Unit. The authors report no conflict of interest.

PII: S0749-8063(09)00434-4

doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2009.05.004

Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Volume 25, Issue 12 , Pages 1442-1446 , December 2009

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