Conservative vs operative (fixation with K-wires) treatment of isolated fractures of metacarpal bones - Results of the prospective, randomized study

Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny/ Polish Journal of Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 217-224

  Zyluk, Andrzej ^a   Budzyński, Tomasz ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hand function; Metacarpal fractures treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349337726     PISSN: 0032373X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10035-009-0033-x     Document Type: Article

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