Early Breakage of a Titanium Volar Locking Plate for Fixation of a Distal Radius Fracture: Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 907-909

  Yukata, Kiminori ^a   Doi, Kazuteru ^a   Hattori, Yasunori ^a   Sakamoto, Soutetsu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breakage; distal radius fracture; implant failure; titanium; volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CARPAL BONE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FLEXOR CARPI RADIALIS; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; LIMB DEFORMITY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 65349189950     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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