Precontoured Fixed-Angle Volar Distal Radius Plates: A Comparison of Anatomic Fit

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1144-1152

  Buzzell, Jonathan E ^a   Weikert, Douglas R ^a   Watson, Jeffry T ^a   Lee, Donald H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; distal radius; fixation; fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; WRIST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS;

EID: 50249099846     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.02.029     Document Type: Article

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