Fractures of the Distal Radius Treated With Cross-Pin Fixation and a Nonbridging External Fixator, the CPX System: A Preliminary Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-616

  Mirza, Ather ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a   Reinhart, Mary Kate ^a   Meyer, Patricia ^a  

^a St Catherine of Siena Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross Pin fixator system; Distal radius fractures; nonbridging external fixator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON INJURY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PINCH STRENGTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 63549131011     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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