Management of Soft-Tissue Injuries in Distal Radius Fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-233

  Leversedge, Fraser J ^a   Srinivasan, Ramesh C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Distal radius fracture; Soft tissue injury; Wrist ligament injury

Indexed keywords

ARM PAIN; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CARTILAGE INJURY; CAST APPLICATION; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTACT ANGLE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DORSAL CAPSULAR LIGAMENT INJURY; EXTRINSIC WRIST LIGAMENT INJURY; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; LUNOTRIQUETRAL INTEROSSEOUS LIGAMENT INJURY; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SCAPHOLUNATE INTEROSSEOUS LIGAMENT INJURY; SKIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPLINTING; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; RUPTURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TENDON INJURIES; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84860448841     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2012.03.005     Document Type: Review

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