Volar locking plates versus k-wire fixation of dorsally displaced distal radius fractures-a functional outcome study

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages E125-E128

  Hull, Peter ^a   Baraza, Njalalle ^b   Gohil, Milesh ^b   Whalley, Helen ^b   Mauffrey, Cyril ^b   Brewster, Mark ^b   Costa, Matthew L ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Clinical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colles; Distal radius; Fracture; K wire; Volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE FIXATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION SCORE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WIRE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958850135     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181e32714     Document Type: Article

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