Scaphoid nonunions: Management with vascularized bone grafts from the distal radius: A clinical and functional outcome study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1513-1525

  Malizos, Konstantinos N ^b   Zachos, Vasileios ^a   Dailiana, Zoe H ^b   Zalavras, Charalampos ^b   Varitimidis, Socratis ^b   Hantes, Michael ^b   Karantanas, Apostolos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE GRAFT; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVASCULARIZATION; SCAPHOID BONE; SCAPHOID NONUNION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; RISK FACTORS; SCAPHOID BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147098950     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000256144.52654.da     Document Type: Article

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