A meta-analysis of the literature on distal radius fractures: Review of 615 articles

Bulletin: Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 40-46

  Paksima, Nader ^a   Panchal, Anand ^b   Posner, Martin A ^a   Green, Steven M ^a   Mehlman, Charles T ^c   Hiebert, Rudi ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PLASTER CAST; RADIUS FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CASTS, SURGICAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 6044276796     PISSN: 00185647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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