Surgical approaches to the distal radius

Hand

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-17

  Ilyas, Asif M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Dorsal approach; Exposure; Henry's approach; Radial approach; Thompson's approach; Volar approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951772917     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-010-9281-9     Document Type: Review

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