The effect of an associated ulnar styloid fracture on the outcome after fixation of a fracture of the distal radius

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-107

  Zenke, Y ^a   Sakai, A ^a,b   Oshige, T ^a,b   Moritani, S ^a   Nakamura, T ^a,b  

^a KAGAWA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; THERAPY EFFECT; ULNA FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 58149387794     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B1.21026     Document Type: Article

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