Management of distal radial fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2051-2062

  Chen, Neal C ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; NEUROPATHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PLATE FIXATION; POSTTRAUMATIC ARTHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARPAL BONE; CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; RADIUS; ULNA;

BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL BONES; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULNA;

EID: 35448986115     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00020     Document Type: Review

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