Current concepts in volar fixed-angle fixation of unstable distal radius fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 445, Issue , 2006, Pages 58-67

  Orbay, Jorge L ^a,b   Touhami, Amel ^a  

^a Miami Hand Center   (United States)

^b Expert Solutions for Mine Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAPHYSIS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION; WRIST; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 33646840103     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000205891.96575.0f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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