Treatment of Scaphoid Fractures and Nonunions

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 988-997

  Kawamura, Kenji ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fracture; nonunion; scaphoid; surgery; treatment

Indexed keywords

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; CARPAL BONE; CAST APPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GEOMETRY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IMPLANT; LIGAMENT INJURY; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND COMPLICATION; WRIST; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASTS, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 47849113618     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.026     Document Type: Review

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