Long oblique/spiral mid-shaft metacarpal fractures of the fingers: treatment with cerclage wire fixation and immediate post-operative finger mobilisation in a wrist splint

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 637-640

  Al Qattan, M M ^a   Al Lazzam, A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

cerclage wire fixation; metacarpal fractures; spiral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FOLLOW UP; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINTING; WIRE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35748935219     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhse.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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