Clinical Results of Absorbable Plates for Displaced Metacarpal Fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-496

  Dumont, Clemens ^a   Fuchs, Michael ^a   Burchhardt, Helmut ^a   Appelt, Daniel ^a   Bohr, Stefan ^a   Stürmer, Klaus Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorbable implants; early functional treatment; L lactide and glycolic acid; metacarpal fracture; osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; GLYCOLIC ACID; METAL; POLYGLACTIN; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HAND MALFORMATION; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KELOID; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; NECROSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; ORTHOSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947730549     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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