Smoking increases failure rate of operation for established non-union of the scaphoid bone

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 503-505

  Dinah, A F ^a,b   Vickers, R H ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCAPHOID BONE; SMOKING; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAPHOID BONE; SMOKING; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 34547098815     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0231-7     Document Type: Article

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