The Necessity of Acute Bone Grafting in Diaphyseal Forearm Fractures: A Retrospective Review

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 288-294

  Wright, Rory R ^a   Schmeling, Gregory J ^a,b   Schwab, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b MCW Clinic at Froedtert   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone grafting; Forearm fracture; Radius fracture; Ulna fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0031137767     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199705000-00012     Document Type: Article

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