Corrective osteotomy of the distal radius through volar approach

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 70-77

  Prommersberger, Karl Josef ^a   Lanz, Ulrich B ^b  

^a Orthopadische Klinik Markgroningen   (Germany)

^b Klinik fur Handchirurgie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fixed angle device; Radial corrective osteotomy; Radial malunion; Volar approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3042534759     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000126572.28568.88     Document Type: Article

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