Arthroscopic Management of Scaphoid Fractures in Athletes

Hand Clinics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-369

  Geissler, William B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic fixation; Scaphoid fracture; Scaphoid nonunion

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BONE GRAFT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SPORT INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARTHROSCOPY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; SCAPHOID BONE; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 67651107364     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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