External fixation with or without supplementary intramedullary Kirschner wires in the treatment of distal radial fractures

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 431-437

  Lin, Charles ^a   Sun, Jui Sheng ^b,c   Hou, Sheng Mou ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TILTING; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE WIRES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13644262219     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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