Ulnar styloid fractures: A review

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-230

  Hauck, Randy M ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radioulnar joint instability; Ulnar styloid abutment; Ulnar styloid fracture; Ulnar styloid nonunion

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; FORCE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOULNAR JOINT; REVIEW; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST;

EID: 23344443058     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000169385.15869.f0     Document Type: Review

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