Fixed-angle volar plates in corrective osteotomies of malunions of dorsally angulated distal radius fractures

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 297-303

  Kiliç, Ayhan ^a   Kabukçuoǧlu, Yavuz S ^b   Gül, Murat ^b   Sökücü, Sami ^b   Özdoǧan, Ümit ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Baltalimani Bone Diseases Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancellous bone grafting; Corrective osteotomy; Distal radius; Fixed angle plate; Malunion; Volar approach; Volar locking plate.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLAR PLATE; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLAR PLATE; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055111787     PISSN: 1017995X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3944/AOTT.2011.2384     Document Type: Article

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