Percutaneous elastic intramedullary nailing of metacarpal fractures: Surgical technique and clinical results study

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Mohammed, Riazuddin ^a   Farook, Mohamed Z ^b   Newman, Kevin ^c  

^a HYWEL DDA UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIMLEY PARK HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ASHFORD AND ST PETER'S HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE NAILS; BONE WIRES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960556392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749799X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-6-37     Document Type: Article

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