A technical note on percutaneous scaphoid fixation using a hybrid technique

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 570-573

  Pirela Cruz, Miguel A ^a   Battista, Vincent ^a   Burnette, Solange ^a   Hansen, Tari ^a  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

fracture; percutaneous; Scaphoid; screw fixation hybrid technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE SCREW; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; GUIDE WIRE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 24944440881     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000161538.39527.01     Document Type: Article

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