Breakage of a volar locking plate after delayed union of a distal radius fracture

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 785-790

  De Baere, Tom ^a,b   Lecouvet, Frédéric ^a   Barbier, Olivier ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Saint Jean Clinic of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Delayed union; Distal radius; Hardware failure; Locking plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REOPERATION; TIME;

BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37549003233     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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