Conservative treatment for closed fifth (small finger) metacarpal neck fractures

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Poolman, Rudolf W ^a   Goslings, J Carel ^b   Lee, Jason ^c   Statius Muller, Markwin ^d   Steller, E Ph ^a   Struijs, Peter AA ^b  

^a ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ziekenhuis Rivierenland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDAGE; BRACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; FINGER INJURY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INJURY; METACARPAL BONE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTER CAST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BANDAGES; BRACES; CASTS, SURGICAL; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; METACARPAL BONES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944457600     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003210.pub3     Document Type: Review

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