AO and Frykman's classifications of Colles' fracture: No prognostic value in 652 patients evaluated after 5 years

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-81

  Flinkkilä, Tapio ^a   Raatikainen, Timo ^a   Hämäläinen, Martti ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 0031930367     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679809002362     Document Type: Article

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