Surgical compared with conservative treatment for acute nondisplaced or minimally displaced scaphoid fractures: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1534-1544

  Buijze, Geert A ^a   Doornberg, Job N ^a   Ham, John S ^b   Ring, David ^c   Bhandari, Mohit ^d   Poolman, Rudolf W ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAPHOID BONE; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTURE; INJURY; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCAPHOID BONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954653476     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01214     Document Type: Article

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