Lauge-Hansen classification--a literature review
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Comparative Lesions Analysis Through a Targeted Sequencing Approach
Published on: November 5, 2019
Sajid S Shariff1, Dinesh K Nathwani
1SpR Orthopaedics, United Kingdom. sajid@doctors.net.uk <sajid@doctors.net.uk>
Injury
|August 11, 2006
Abstract:
The Lauge-Hansen classification of ankle fractures is a historical landmark in fracture research. Despite this there are, however, some shortcomings in methodology and several papers have demonstrated poor reproducibility. This paper reviews Lauge-Hansen's work and the literature evaluating his classification.
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