Management of metacarpal fractures

Journal of Hand Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-151

  McNemar, Thomas B ^a,b   Howell, Julianne Wright ^c   Chang, Eric ^d  

^a Aesth/Reconstr Plast Surg M A   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Samaritan Hand Therapy Specialists   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORTICAL BONE; FINGER FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND FRACTURE; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALROTATION SYNDROME; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REHABILITATION; SKELETON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB;

EID: 0038216996     PISSN: 08941130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-1130(03)80009-1     Document Type: Article

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