Mini External Fixation for Hand Fractures and Dislocations: The Current State of the Art

Hand Clinics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-315

  De Kesel, Renata ^a   Burny, Franz ^a   Schuind, Frédéric ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREW; CALLUS; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DIAPHYSIS; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GROWTH PLATE; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB AMPUTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST DISLOCATION;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; BIOMECHANICS; DISLOCATIONS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33745819557     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2006.02.014     Document Type: Review

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