Inadvertent retention of angled drill guides after volar locking plate fixation of distal radial fractures: A report of three cases

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-403

  Bhattacharyya, Timothy ^a   Wadgaonkar, Ajay D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DRILL; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; BONE PLATE; FOREIGN BODY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS;

AGED; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 38949184263     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00939     Document Type: Article

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