Internal distraction plating of distal radius fractures

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-6

  Papadonikolakis, Anastasios ^a   Ruch, David S ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge plates; Distal radius; Fractures; Internal distraction

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAPHYSIS; DISABILITY; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SPLINTING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 15944418176     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000154445.61178.d3     Document Type: Article

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