Nonunion of Distal Radial Fractures Associated with Distal Ulnar Shaft Fractures: A Report of Four Cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  McKee, Michael D ^a,b   Waddell, James P ^a   Yoo, Daniel ^a   Richards, Robin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Associated distal ulnar shaft fracture; Distal radius; Nonunion; Wrist arthrodesis

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND GRIP; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0030635555     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199701000-00015     Document Type: Article

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