Comparison of external fixation, locking and non-locking palmar plating for unstable distal radius fractures in the elderly

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 773-778

  Schmelzer Schmied, N ^a   Wieloch, P ^a   Martini, A K ^a   Daecke, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Department of Trauma Hand and Reconstructive Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BONE PLATES; COLLES' FRACTURE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67449098859     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-007-0504-9     Document Type: Article

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