Dorsal fixation of intra-articular distal radius fractures using 2.4-mm locking plates

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 187-196

  Lutsky, Kevin ^a   McKeon, Kathleen ^b   Goldfarb, Charles ^b   Boyer, Martin ^b  

^a Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Center   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Dorsal approach; Locked plate fixation

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 74349094586     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e3181c15de2     Document Type: Review

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