Treatment of reducible unstable fractures of the distal radius in adults: A randomised controlled trial of de Palma percutaneous pinning versus bridging external fixation

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Belloti, Joo C ^a   Tamaoki, Marcel J S ^a   Atallah, Alvaro N ^a   Albertoni, Walter M ^a   Dos Santos, Joo B G ^a   Faloppa, Flavio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DE PALMA PERCUTANEOUS PINNING; ELBOW; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGED; BONE NAIL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITALIZATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953944587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-137     Document Type: Article

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