Treatment of scaphoid nonunions: Quantitative meta-analysis of the literature

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 685-691

  Merrell, Gregory A ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^b   Slade, Joseph F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone graft; Internal fixation; Nonunion; Scaphoid; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOINT STABILITY; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAPHOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0036068484     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.34372     Document Type: Article

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