Comparative Outcomes Study Using the Volar Locking Plating System for Distal Radius Fractures in Both Young Adults and Adults Older Than 60 Years

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 809-819

  Chung, Kevin C ^a   Squitieri, Lee ^a   Kim, H Myra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; elderly; Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire; outcomes; volar locking plating system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 47849099779     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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