Function versus position: A randomized controlled trial of interfocal Kirschner wiring of unstable distal radial fractures

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Snow, Martyn ^b   Kelly, Margaret ^b   Jeyam, Muthu ^b   Fahmy, Nabil ^a  

^a Steppinghill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fractures; Hand; Orthopedic trauma; Upper extremity; Wrist

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947377946     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-007-6059-z     Document Type: Article

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