Ulnar shortening osteotomy with a premounted sliding-hole plate

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 636-639

  Kitzinger, Hugo B ^a   Karle, Birgit ^a   Löw, Steffen ^b   Krimmer, Hermann ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c Hand Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ulna impaction; Ulnar shortening osteotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HAND FUNCTION; HEALING; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; ROTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULNAR IMPACTION SYNDROME; ULNAR SHORTENING OSTEOTOMY; VARIANCE; WRIST DISEASE;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; ULNA;

EID: 34249289403     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000250835.72396.48     Document Type: Article

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