Malunion and nonunion of the metacarpals and phalanges

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1380-1388

  Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTHRODESIS; AUTOGRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; IMMOBILIZATION; METACARPAL BONE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS;

EID: 19944402547     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200506000-00028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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