The use of a combination of cerclage and unicortical interosseous loop dental wires For long oblique/spiral metacarpal shaft fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 728-731

  Al Qattan, M M ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Division of Plastic Surgery   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Metacarpal shaft fractures; Wire fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE SCREW; CERCLAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; JOINT MOBILIZATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SCAR; SPLINTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59749087522     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193408090117     Document Type: Review

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