Surgical treatment of distal radius fractures with an angle fixed bar palmar plating system: A single center study of 102 patients over a 2-year period

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 680-685

  Gruber, Gerald ^a   Bernhardt, Gerwin A ^a,b   Köhler, Gernot ^a   Gruber, Karl ^a  

^a District Hospital of Weiz   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bone plates; Internal fracture fixation; Quality of live; Radius fractures (distal)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CAST APPLICATION; CAST REMOVAL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIUS FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750468969     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0191-9     Document Type: Article

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