Dorsal nail plate fixation of distal radius fractures

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 472-478

  Rampoldi, Michele ^a   Marsico, Aldo ^a  

^a Orthopaedics and Traumatology Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distal radius fractures; Nail plate fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RADIUS FRACTURES;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77956624814     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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