Management of undisplaced or minimally displaced Colles' fracture: One or three weeks of immobilization

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 424-427

  Jensen, Michael Reinhold ^a,b   Andersen, Kim Holck ^a   Jensen, Claus Hjtorth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colles' fracture; Fracture of the wrist; Immobilization of Colles' fractures; Undisplaced Colles' fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTER CAST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031428209     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02488930     Document Type: Article

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