External fixation versus percutaneous pinning for unstable Colles' fracture

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-258

  Ludvigsen, Tom C ^a,c   Johansen, Steinar ^a   Svenningsen, Svein ^a   Sætermo, Roald ^b  

^a Aust Agder Central Hospital   (Norway)

^b Vest Agder Central Hospital   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0030877772     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996696     Document Type: Article

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