Delayed ruptures of the extensor tendon secondary to the use of volar locking compression plates for distal radial fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1610-1612

  Al Rashid, M ^a   Theivendran, Kathan ^a   Craigen, M A C ^a  

^a SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENDON TRANSFER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 33845734224     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B12.17696     Document Type: Article

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