Should an ulnar styloid fracture be fixed following volar plate fixation of a distal radial fracture?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Kim, Jae Kwang ^a   Koh, Young Do ^a   Do, Nam Hoon ^a  

^a Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; ULNA FRACTURE; ULNAR STYLOID FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST; BONE PLATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949088608     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01738     Document Type: Article

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