Ununited proximal pole scaphoid fractures: Treatment with a Herbert screw in 16 cases followed for 0.5-8 years

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 124-127

  Inoue, Goro ^a   Shionoya, Kaori ^a   Kuwahata, Yoshio ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kuwahata Orthopaedic Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030908548     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679709003993     Document Type: Article

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