Bridge plating of distal radius fractures: The harborview method

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 445, Issue , 2006, Pages 91-99

  Hanel, Douglas P ^a   Lu, Thomas S ^a   Weil, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646837139     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000205885.58458.f9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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