Impending malunions of the hand: Treatment of subacute, malaligned fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 327, Issue , 1996, Pages 55-62

  Lester, Benisse ^a,b   Mallik, Arati ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029885808     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199606000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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