Treatment of unstable distal radial fractures with the volar locking plating system

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2687-2694

  Chung, Kevin C ^a,b   Watt, Andrew J ^a,b   Kotsis, Sandra V ^a,b   Margaliot, Zvi ^a,b   Haase, Steven C ^a,b   Kim, H Myra ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JEBSEN TAYLOR TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICHIGAN HAND OUTCOME QUESTIONNAIRE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PINCH STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR LOCKING PLATING SYSTEM;

EID: 33845403528     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.E.01298     Document Type: Article

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