Management of Isolated Ulnar Shaft Fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-184

  Sauder, David J ^a   Athwal, George S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN;

ARM INJURY; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE;

CASTS, SURGICAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MEMBRANES; RADIUS; ULNA; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 34249669261     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2007.01.004     Document Type: Review

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