Comparison of locked volar plating versus pinning and external fixation in the treatment of unstable intraarticular distal radius fractures

Hand

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-117

  Rizzo, Marco ^b   Katt, Brian A ^a   Carothers, Joshua T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixation; Locked volar plating; Radius fracture

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749098323     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-007-9080-0     Document Type: Article

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