Volar locking plate implant prominence and flexor tendon rupture

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-335

  Soong, Maximillian ^a   Earp, Brandon E ^b   Bishop, Gavin ^c   Leung, Albert ^b   Blazar, Philip ^b  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOLAR PLATE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

EID: 79951932617     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.00193     Document Type: Article

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