Functional outcome after surgical treatment of phalangeal fractures in severely injured hands

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 238-241

  Van Oosterom, Frederik J T ^a   Ettema, Anke M ^a   Mulder, Paul G H ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fracture; Function; Operative; Osteosynthesis; Outcome; Phalanx; Surgery; Trauma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; HAND FUNCTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHALANX; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; CHILD; FINGER INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24644504015     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0284431051006411     Document Type: Article

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