Management of Post-Traumatic Malunion of Fractures of the Distal Radius

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-216

  Slagel, Bradley E ^a   Luenam, Suriya ^a   Pichora, David R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BONE GRAFT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 34249887685     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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