Two potential causes of EPL rupture after distal radius volar plate fixation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 451, Issue , 2006, Pages 218-222

  Benson, Eric C ^a   DeCarvalho, Alex ^a   Mikola, Elizabeth A ^a   Veitch, John M ^a,b   Moneim, Moheb S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON; TENDON INJURY; BONE PLATE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 33749446244     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000223998.02765.0d     Document Type: Article

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