Simultaneous radial closing wedge and ulnar shortening osteotomy for distal radius malunion

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 188-194

  Wada, Takuro ^a   Tsuji, Hideki ^a   Iba, Kosuke ^a   Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^a   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Closing wedge osteotomy; Colles's fracture; Malunion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLOSING WEDGE OSTEOTOMY; COLLES FRACTURE; DISTAL RADIUS MALUNION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MANUAL LABOR; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SMITH FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNAR SHORTENING OSTEOTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; ULNA;

COLLES' FRACTURE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; ULNA;

EID: 33644874110     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000190817.89156.a2     Document Type: Article

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