Safety of the limited open technique of bone-transfixing threaded-pin placement for external fixation of distal radial fractures: A cadaver study

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 363-365

  Hassan, Douglas M ^a,b   Johnston, Geoffrey H F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Physicians Medical Centre   (United States)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE INJURY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY;

EID: 0032833570     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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