Dynamic compared with static external fixation of unstable fractures of the distal part of the radius: A prospective, randomized multicenter study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1687-1696

  Hove, Leiv M ^a   Krukhaug, Yngvar ^b   Revheim, Kåre ^c   Helland, Per ^b   Finsen, Vilh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXTERNAL FIXATION; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATIC EXTERNAL FIXATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FRACTURE FIXATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 77955295995     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.01236     Document Type: Article

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