What are the radiological predictors of functional outcome following fractures of the distal radius?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-150

  Ng, C Y ^a   McQueen, M M ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; METAPHYSIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TILTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST;

FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 79551575271     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B2.25631     Document Type: Review

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