Distal Radius Fractures: Current Concepts

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1215-1227

  Henry, Mark H ^a  

^a Hand and Wrist Center of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal; fixation; fracture; radius; surgical

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; JOINT STABILITY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 50249154347     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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