External fixation in comminuted, displaced intra-articular fractures of the distal radius: Is it sufficient?

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 536-540

  Arora, Jayant ^a   Malik, A C ^b  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Distal radius; External fixation; Intra articular fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27844555341     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-005-0033-1     Document Type: Article

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