Comparison of Metacarpal Plating Methods

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-321

  Sohn, Roger C ^a   Jahng, Kenneth H ^a   Curtiss, Shane B ^a   Szabo, Robert M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal plating; fixation; fracture; internal fixation; metacarpal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTOGRAM; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; METACARPAL BONES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 40649083021     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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