The management of scaphoid fractures

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-189

  Brooks, S ^a   Wluka, A E ^a   Stuckey, S ^b   Cicuttini, F ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PLASTER CAST; RADIOGRAPHY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE; INJURY; REVIEW; SCAPHOID BONE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 22144482356     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1440-2440(05)80009-X     Document Type: Article

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