Distal radius fracture fixation with an intramedullary nail

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 195-201

  Tan, Virak ^a   Capo, John ^a   Warburton, Mark ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b High Point Orthopaedic Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Fixed angle implant; Intramedullary nail; Wrist fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SKIN INCISION; SPLINTING; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; BONE NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33644876893     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000190818.66285.b6     Document Type: Article

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