Contemporary Evaluation and Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-226

  Wulf, Corey A ^a   Ackerman, Duncan B ^a   Rizzo, Marco ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAPHYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLATE FIXATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SPLINTING; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST;

EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 34249657421     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.03.003     Document Type: Review

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