The management of chronic distal radioulnar instability

Hand Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-528

  Kakar, Sanjeev ^a   Carlsen, Brian T ^a   Moran, Steven L ^a   Berger, Richard A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic distal radioulnar joint instability; DRUJ ligament reconstruction; Post traumatic DRUJ instability; Soft tissue reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT CAPSULOTOMY; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY; WRIST DISLOCATION;

BRACES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 77957925453     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2010.05.010     Document Type: Review

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