A Comparative Study of Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Dorsally Angulated, Unstable Distal Radius Fractures in Elderly Patients: Intrafocal Pinning Versus Volar Locking Plating

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1385-1392

  Oshige, Toshihisa ^a   Sakai, Akinori ^a   Zenke, Yukichi ^a   Moritani, Shiro ^a   Nakamura, Toshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

intrafocal pinning; osteoporosis; Radius fracture; ulnar variance; volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONVALESCENCE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAFOCAL PINNING; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR LOCKING PLATING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 35948934685     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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