A comparison of two headless compression screws for operative treatment of scaphoid fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Grewal, Ruby ^a   Assini, Joseph ^a   Sauder, David ^a   Ferreira, Louis ^a   Johnson, Jim ^a   Faber, Kenneth ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRESSURE; SCAPHOID BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; SCAPHOID BONE;

EID: 79959648931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-6-27     Document Type: Article

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