Low-profile dorsal plating for dorsally angulated distal radius fractures

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-148

  Day, Charles S ^a,b   Franko, Orrin I ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Dorsal plating; Low profile

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; DORSAL PLATING; HUMAN; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BONE PLATES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 34249915069     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000248361.91577.fc     Document Type: Review

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