The history of fracture fixation of the hand and wrist

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 445, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-29

  Harness, Neil G ^a,b   Meals, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGING; ANESTHESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; METAL IMPLANTATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; UNITED STATES; WRIST; WRIST FRACTURE; ART; ARTICLE; HAND INJURY; HISTORY; NETHERLANDS; PLASTER CAST; RADIUS FRACTURE; WRIST INJURY;

CASTS, SURGICAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND INJURIES; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PORTRAITS; RADIUS FRACTURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33646841171     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000205882.73705.50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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