Corrective osteotomy for malunited, volarly displaced fractures of the distal end of the radius

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 12 79A, 1997, Pages 1816-1826

  Shea, Kevin ^a,b   Fernandez, Diego L ^a,c   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a,d   Martin, Claude ^a,d  

^a University of Utah ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Orthopaedische Chirurgie F M H   (Switzerland)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MOVEMENT; HEALING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031471164     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199712000-00007     Document Type: Article

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