Bridging external fixation and supplementary Kirschner-wire fixation versus volar locked plating for unstable fractures of the distal radius: A randomised, prospective trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1214-1221

  Egol, K ^a   Walsh, M ^a   Tejwani, N ^a   McLaurin, T ^a   Wynn, C ^a   Paksima, N ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 53649099527     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B9.20521     Document Type: Article

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