Nonunion in a fracture of the proximal phalanx of the thumb

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-222

  Patankar, Hemant ^b   Patwardhan, Dilip ^a  

^a Patwardhan Hospital   (India)

^b Patankar's Hand Limb Reconstr Clin   (India)

Author keywords

External fixation; Nonunion; Phalanx; Thumb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THUMB; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034151465     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200003000-00015     Document Type: Article

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