Volar fixed-angle fixation of distal radius fractures: The DVR plate

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 142-148

  Orbay, Jorge ^a   Badia, Alejandro ^a   Khoury, Roger K ^a   Gonzalez, Eduardo ^a   Indriago, Igor ^a  

^a Miami Hand Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; DVR plate; Fixed angle fixation; Volar approach

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; STEROID;

ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CALLUS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SPLINTING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 4644221548     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bth.0000126570.82826.0a     Document Type: Article

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