Radial Column and Volar Plating (RCVP) for distal radius fractures with a radial styloid component or severe comminution

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-149

  Tang, Peter ^a   Ding, Anthony ^a   Uzumcugil, Akin ^a  

^a Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

distal radius fracture; radial column plating; volar plating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE;

BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 77957332209     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e3181cae14d     Document Type: Article

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