Locked Intramedullary Nailing of Metacarpal Fractures Secondary to Gunshot Wounds

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1083-1087

  Bach, H Gregory ^a   Gonzalez, Mark H ^a   Hall Jr , Robert F ^a  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

gunshot wound; intramedullary; Metacarpal fractures; nailing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33747872651     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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