Comparison of external and percutaneous pin fixation with plate fixation for intra-articular distal radial fractures: A randomized study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-22

  Leung, Frankie ^a   Tu, Yuan Kun ^b   Chew, Winston Y C ^c   Chow, Shew Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GARTLAND AND WERLEY POINT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNIRK AND JUPITER CLASSIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED GREEN AND O BRIEN SCORE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 37848999421     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.01581     Document Type: Article

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