Headless compression screw fixation of scaphoid fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-361

  Fowler, John R ^a   Ilyas, Asif M ^b,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acutrak screw; Headless screw; Herbert screw; Scaphoid fracture; Twinfix screw

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CAST APPLICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LONG TERM CARE; MOBILIZATION; MORBIDITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORK RESUMPTION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 77955479246     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2010.04.005     Document Type: Review

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