Dorsally displaced extra-articular distal radius fractures fixation: Dorsal IM nailing versus volar plating. A randomized controlled trial

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 471-478

  Chappuis, J ^a   Boute P ^a   Putz, P ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Dorsal nail; Volar plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAARTICULAR DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; VOLAR PLATE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84855993251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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