Treatment of closed unstable metacarpal fractures using percutaneous transverse fixation with kirschner wires

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 509-513

  Galanakis, Ioannis ^a   Aligizakis, Agisilaos ^a   Katonis, Pavlos ^a   Papadokostakis, Giorgos ^a   Stergiopoulos, Kostantinos ^a   Hadjipavlou, Alexandros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fixation; Kirschner wire; Metacarpal fracture; Transverse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0141745925     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000029368.40479.A2     Document Type: Article

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