Percutaneous Screw Fixation for Scaphoid Nonunion in Skeletally Immature Patients: A Report of Two Cases

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 656-659

  Jeon, In Ho ^a   Kochhar, Hemanshu ^a   Lee, Byung Woo ^a   Kim, Shin Yoon ^a   Kim, Poong Taek ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

fixation; nonunion; percutaneous; Scaphoid; skeletally immature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SCLEROSIS; SPLINTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCAPHOID BONE; SPLINTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849115493     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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