Avoidance and treatment of complications of distal radius fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-305

  Gutow, Andrew P ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CASTS, SURGICAL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 22544455629     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2005.04.004     Document Type: Review

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