Radiological and functional outcome in extra-articular fractures of lower end radius treated conservatively with respect to its position of immobilization

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Rajan, Sunil ^a,b   Jain, Saurabh ^a   Ray, A ^a   Bhargava, P ^a  

^a MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cast immobilization; Dorsiflexion; Extra articular fracture of lower end radius; Palmar flexion

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549156609     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.40258     Document Type: Article

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