Combined dorsal and volar plate fixation of complex fractures of the distal part of the radius

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1646-1652

  Ring, David ^a   Prommersberger, Karl ^b   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Klinik fur Handchirurgie Bad Neustadt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METAPHYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 3543045554     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200408000-00007     Document Type: Article

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