External fixation for phalangeal and metacarpal fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-230

  Drenth, D J ^a   Klasen, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOSIS; PHALANX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031935151     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.80B2.8131     Document Type: Article

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