Scaphoid non-union: The role of vascularized grafting in recalcitrant non-unions of the scaphoid

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-190

  Tambe, Anant D ^a,b   Cutler, L ^a   Stilwell, J ^a   Murali, S R ^a   Trail, I A ^a   Stanley, J K ^a  

^a WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Recalcitrant; Scaphoid non unions; Union; Vascularized grafting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CANCELLOUS BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROMA; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 32644467948     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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