Treatment Strategies of Distal Radius Fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-184

  Bales, Joshua G ^a   Stern, Peter J ^a  

^a Hand Surgery Specialists Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed reduction; Distal radius fractures; Fixation; Treatment strategies

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 84860448408     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2012.02.003     Document Type: Review

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