External fixation techniques for distal radius fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 445, Issue , 2006, Pages 30-41

  Capo, John T ^a,b   Swan Jr , Kenneth G ^a   Tan, Virak ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DOC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; WRIST INJURY;

AFTERCARE; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33646829097     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000205898.21233.f5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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