Acute Vascular Injury Associated with Fracture of the Distal Radius: A Report of 6 Cases

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 611-614

  Witte, Pieter Bas De ^a   Lozano Calderon, Santiago ^a   Harness, Neil ^b   Watchmaker, Greg ^c   Green, Michael S ^d   Ring, David ^a,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Lexington Medical Center   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial injury; Distal radius fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERY; CASE REPORT; INJURY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 58149388159     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e318188d686     Document Type: Article

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