Established nonunion of the scaphoid treated by volar wedge grafting and Herbert screw fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 530-534

  Daly, Karen ^a,b   Gill, P ^a   Magnussen, P A ^a,c   Simonis, R B ^a  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

EID: 0030002302     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b4.0780530     Document Type: Article

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