Prognostic factors in the treatment of carpal scaphoid nonunions

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 761-776

  Schuind, Frédéric ^a   Haentjens, Patrick ^a   Van Innis, Fernand ^a   Vander Maren, Christian ^a   Garcia Elias, Marc ^a   Sennwald, Gontran ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone grafting; Internal fixation; Multivariate analysis; Scaphoid nonunion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCAPHOID BONE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WRIST;

EID: 0032766879     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.0761     Document Type: Article

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