Efficacy of radial styloid targeting screws in volar plate fixation of intra-articular distal radial fractures: a biomechanical study in a cadaver fracture model

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Iba, Kousuke ^a   Ozasa, Yasuhiro ^a   Wada, Takuro ^a   Kamiya, Tomoaki ^a   Yamashita, Toshihiko ^a   Aoki, Mitsuhiro ^b  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

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EID: 78649552827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-5-90     Document Type: Article

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