Comparison of united and nonunited fractures of the ulnar styloid following volar-plate fixation of distal radius fractures

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-375

  Kim, Jae Kwang ^a   Yun, Yeo Hon ^a   Kim, Dong Jun ^a   Yun, Geon Ung ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Ulnar styloid nonunion; Ulnar sided wrist pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL RADIOULNAR JOINT INSTABILITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; ULNA FRACTURE; ULNAR STYLOID NONUNION; VOLAR PLATE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST; WRIST PAIN; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952438801     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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