Ulnar shortening osteotomy

Orthopedics and Traumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 190-199

  Meier, Reinhard ^a   Krimmer, Hermann ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Clinic of Hand Surgery Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decompression of triangular fibrocartilaginous complex; Ulna plus variance; Ulnar impaction syndrome; Ulnar shortening osteotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036742206     PISSN: 09412530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00065-002-1048-6     Document Type: Article

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