Treatment of unstable intraarticular fracture of distal radius: POP casting with external fixation

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 358-362

  Obaid ur Rahman, ^a   Khan, Mohammad Qadeem ^a   Rasheed, Haroon ^a   Ahmad, Saleem ^a  

^a Benazir Bhutto Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Intra articular fractures; Plaster of Paris; Rawalpindi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PLASTER CAST; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CALCIUM SULFATE; CASTS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859139502     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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