Carpal canal pressures after volar plating of distal radius fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 236-239

  Fuller, David A ^a   Barrett, M ^a   Marburger, R K ^a   Hirsch, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel; Pressures; Radius fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BONE PLATE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROPATHY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RADIUS FRACTURE; TISSUE PRESSURE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CARPAL BONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 32644455297     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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