Low-velocity gunshot wounds of the proximal phalanx: Treatment by early stable fixation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-155

  Gonzalez, M H ^a   Hall, M ^a   Hall R F , Jr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032459809     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0363-5023(98)80103-2     Document Type: Article

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