Screw prominences related to palmar locking plating of distal radius

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-324

  Sugun T S ^a   Karabay, N ^a   Gurbuz Y ^a   Ozaksar K ^a   Toros, T ^a   Kayalar, M ^a  

^a Orthopaedics and Traumatology (EMOT) Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; Dorsal screw penetration; Radius fracture; Ultrasound; Volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; TENOSYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 79959400463     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193410392869     Document Type: Article

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