Percutaneous pinning for treating distal radial fractures in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Handoll, Helen H G ^a   Vaghela, M V ^b   Madhok, R ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Bone nails adverse effects ; *Bone wires adverse effects ; Absorbable implants; Adolescent; Braces; Casts, surgical; Colles' fracture surgery ; Fracture fixation instrumentation; *methods ; Radius fractures *surgery

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS PIN FIXATION; PLASTER CAST; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 44949248324     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006080.pub2     Document Type: Review

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