Factors affecting results of ulnar shortening for ulnar impaction syndrome

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 465, Issue , 2007, Pages 215-219

  Iwasaki, Norimasa ^a   Ishikawa, Jyunichi ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^b   Minami, Michio ^c   Minami, Akio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Hokkaido Orthopaedic Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX; ULNAR IMPACTION SYNDROME; ULNAR SHORTENING; ULNAR SHORTENING OSTEOTOMY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPATHY; ARTHROSCOPY; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 37349020101     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BLO.0b013e31815a9e21     Document Type: Article

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