Treatment of acute scaphoid fractures: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 460, Issue , 2007, Pages 142-151

  Yin, Zhong Gang ^a   Zhang, Jian Bing ^a   Kan, Shi Lian ^a   Wang, Pei ^b  

^a TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WRIST; ACUTE DISEASE; FRACTURE; HAND STRENGTH; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SCAPHOID BONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASTS, SURGICAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 34447296978     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31803d359a     Document Type: Article

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