Traumatic Injuries of the Distal Radioulnar Joint

Hand Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-163

  Mulford, Jonathan S ^a   Axelrod, Terry S ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dislocation; Distal radial ulnar joint; Galeazzi; Instability; Irreducible

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 71549130998     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2009.08.015     Document Type: Review

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