Distal Interphalangeal Joint Arthrodesis with Screw Fixation: Why and How

Hand Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-210

  Tomaino, Matthew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; AVULSION INJURY; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE SCREW; COMPRESSION; FINGER FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORBIDITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WOUND HEALING;

ARTHRITIS; ARTHRODESIS; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FINGER JOINT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646416490     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2006.02.015     Document Type: Review

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