Complications of plate fixation in metacarpal fractures

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 535-539

  Fusetti, Cesare ^a   Meyer, Henning ^a   Borisch, Nicola ^a   Stern, Richard ^a   Santa, Dominique Della ^a   Papaloïzos, Michael ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036125810     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200203000-00019     Document Type: Article

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