Outcome after surgery of distal radius fractures: No differences between external fixation and ORIF

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 507-514

  Westphal, Thomas ^a,b   Piatek, Stefan ^a   Schubert, Stephan ^a   Winckler, Stephan ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Sudstadt Rostock   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fracture fixation; Radius fractures; Treatment outcome; Wrist joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 27844431661     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-005-0023-3     Document Type: Article

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