Volar Approach to Distal Radius Fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 958-965

  Protopsaltis, Themistocles S ^a   Ruch, David S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Henry approach; surgical technique; volar plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

BONE PLATES; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 47649088109     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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