Should acute scaphoid fractures be fixed? A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2160-2168

  Dias, J J ^a   Wildin, C J ^a   Bhowal, B ^a   Thompson, J R ^b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EVALUATION MEASURE; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 26044460918     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02305     Document Type: Article

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