Treatment of ununited fracture of the hook of hamate by low-intensity pulsed ultrasound: A case report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-79

  Fujioka, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Tsunoda, Masaya ^a   Noda, Mitsuaki ^a   Matsui, Nobuzo ^a   Mizuno, Kosaku ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fracture; Hook of hamate; Nonunion; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WRIST FRACTURE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033972825     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2000.jhsu025a0077     Document Type: Article

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