Distal radius fracture, a comparison between closed reduction and long arm cast Vs. Closed reduction and percutaneous pinning and short arm cast

Shiraz E Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 155-161

  Mardani Kivi, M ^a   Asadi, K ^a   Hashemi Motlagh, K ^a   Shakiba, M ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distal radius fractures; Percutaneous pinning; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LONG ARM CAST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS PIN FIXATION; PIN TRACT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REOPERATION; SHORT ARM CAST; TRADITIONAL CAST IMMOBILIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960162862     PISSN: 17351391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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