Extraarticular hand fractures in adults: A review of new developments

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 445, Issue , 2006, Pages 133-145

  Freeland, Alan E ^a   Orbay, Jorge L ^b  

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

^b Miami Hand Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FINGER INJURY; FRACTURE; HAND INJURY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FINGER INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, CLOSED; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; METACARPAL BONES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 33646843575     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000205888.04200.c5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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