A comparative study of Colles' fractures in patients between fifty and seventy years of age: Percutaneous K-wiring versus volar locking plating

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 789-794

  Lee, Yih Shiunn ^a,b   Wei, Tien Yung ^c   Cheng, Yu Chieh ^c   Hsu, Tzu Liang ^c   Huang, Chien Rae ^d  

^a LIN SHIN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREND STUDY; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

AGED; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; COLLES' FRACTURE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859160485     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-011-1424-2     Document Type: Article

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