Fixation of nondisplaced scaphoid fractures: Making treatment cost effective: Prospective controlled trial

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Arora, Rohit ^a   Gschwentner, M ^a   Krappinger, D ^a   Lutz, M ^a   Blauth, M ^a   Gabl, M ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Scaphoid fractures; Screw fixation; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPHOID BONE; SPLINTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845701211     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0229-z     Document Type: Article

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