Non-operative treatment of displaced avulsion fractures of the ulnar base of the proximal phalanx of the thumb

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-227

  Sorene, Elliot D ^a,b   Goodwin, David R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Avulsion fracture; Non operative treatment; Thumb

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BONE STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHALANX; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPORT; THUMB INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THUMB;

EID: 0041911175     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310016395     Document Type: Article

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