UK DRAFFT - A randomised controlled trial of percutaneous fixation with kirschner wires versus volar locking-plate fixation in the treatment of adult patients with a dorsally displaced fracture of the distal radius

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Costa, Matthew L ^a   Achten, Juul ^a   Parsons, Nick R ^a   Rangan, Amar ^b   Edlin, Richard P ^c   Brown, Jaclyn ^a   Lamb, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY OF ARM SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; ADOLESCENT; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RESEARCH DESIGN; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052671844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-201     Document Type: Article

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