Unstable distal radial fractures treated by external fixation: An analytical review

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 226-230

  Sennwald, Gontran R ^a   Della Santa, Dominique ^a  

^a Praxis Salemspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distal radial fracture; External fixator combined to internal fixation; RSD; Ulnar head fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULNA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISLOCATIONS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0036396101     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310260259905     Document Type: Article

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