Surgical correction of deformities of the distal radius due to fractures in pediatric patients

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Meier, Reinhard ^a,b   Prommersberger, Karl Josef ^b   van Griensven, Martijn ^a   Lanz, Ulrich ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Handchirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Malunited fractures; Osteotomy; Pediatrics; Radius; Ulna

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULNA; WRIST FRACTURE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 1342347224     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0585-x     Document Type: Article

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