Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 86.e19-86.e22 , January 2010

Closed Tibial Fracture Associated with Laceration of Tibialis Anterior Tendon

  • Firooz Vazirzadeh Ebrahimi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgeon, Pars General Hospital, Orthopaedic Clinic, Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Mehdi Tofighi, MBBS MSc, MD, MRCSEd

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedics, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Mehdi Tofighi, MBBS, MSc, MD, MRCSEd, 2 Argyll Mansions, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8QG.
    • ,
  • Hossein Khatibi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Consultant Trauma & Spinal Surgeon, Orthopaedic Department, Imam Hossein Teaching Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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 Financial Disclosure: None reported.

 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(09)00385-8

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.08.013

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 86.e19-86.e22 , January 2010

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