Resection of comminuted ulna head fragments with soft tissue reconstruction when associated with distal radius fractures

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 224-230

  Seitz Jr , William H ^a,b   Raikin, Steven M ^c  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lutheran Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comminuted ulna head fragment; Distal radius fracture; Soft tissue reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PERIOSTEUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SOFT TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION; STRENGTH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOSTEUM; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; ULNA; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 37349097694     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e31805752f8     Document Type: Article

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