A prospective randomized controlled study of fixation of long oblique and spiral shaft fractures of the proximal phalanx: Closed reduction and percutaneous Kirschner wiring versus open reduction and lag screw fixation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 28 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-9

  Horton, T C ^a   Hatton, M ^a   Davis, T R C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFRADINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD SENSITIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FINGER MALFORMATION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OPEN REDUCTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLINTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037316151     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2002.0807     Document Type: Article

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