Screw impingement on the extensor tendons in distal radius fractures treated by volar plating: Sonographic appearance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Bianchi, Stefano ^a   Van Aaken, Jan ^b   Glauser, Thierry ^c   Martinoli, Carlo ^d   Beaulieu, Jean Yves ^b   Della Santa, Dominique ^b  

^a Institut de Radiologie   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Centre de Chirurgie et Thérapie de la Main   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extensor tendons of the wrist; Hand and wrist imaging; Radius fracture; Screw impingement; Sonography; Tendinopathy; Ultrasound; Volar plating

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGLION CYST; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREW IMPINGEMENT; TENDON; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDON INJURIES; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 55549113543     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1057     Document Type: Article

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