Palmar shelf arthroplasty, the next generation: Distraction/interposition for rheumatoid arthritis of the wrist

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2068-2072

  Skoff, Hillel ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE WAX; COLLAGEN IMPLANT;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND PALM; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WRIST DISEASE;

EID: 0032716289     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199912000-00018     Document Type: Article

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