The treatment of pseudoarthrosis of the scaphoid by bone grafting and three methods of internal fixation

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 118-124

  Ritter, Katie ^a,b   Giachino, A Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CANNULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPHOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BONE WIRES; CARPAL BONES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034036386     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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