Low-severity metacarpal and phalangeal fractures treated with miniature plates and screws

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 675-680

  Trevisan, Carlo ^a   Morganti, Alessandro ^a   Casiraghi, Alessandro ^a   Marinoni, Edoardo C ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fracture treatment; Hand; Internal fixation; Metacarpal fracture; Phalangeal fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINIATURIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 11244291065     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0745-7     Document Type: Article

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