Distal radial osteotomy for malunion using non-bridging external fixation: Good results in 23 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 390-395

  McQueen, Margaret M ^a   Wakefield, Alison ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARPAL BONE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249148452     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710015300     Document Type: Article

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