Cancellous grafting and external fixation for unstable Colles' fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 428-432

  Cannegieter, D M ^a   Juttmann, J W ^a  

^a Ziekenhuis Hilversum   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGODYSTROPHY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLES FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COLLES' FRACTURE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030990752     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B3.6835     Document Type: Article

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