Complications of low-profile dorsal versus volar locking plates in the distal radius: A comparative study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1135-1141

  Yu, Yangyang R ^a   Makhni, Melvin C ^a   Tabrizi, Shervin ^a   Rozental, Tamara D ^a   Mundanthanam, George ^a   Day, Charles S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; distal radius; fractures; low profile; plating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CHILD; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DORSAL LOCKING PLATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARDWARE DISCOMFORT; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RIGIDITY; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON IRRITATION; TENDON RUPTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959834851     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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