Failure of surgery for scaphoid non-union is associated with smoking

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 252-255

  Little, C P ^a   Burston, B J ^a   Hopkinson Woolley, J ^a   Burge, P ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bone graft; fixation; non union; scaphoid; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; ILIUM; RADIUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPHOID BONE; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646505051     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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