Management of Malunions of the Distal Radius

Hand Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 207-216

  Haase, Steven C ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Dorsally displaced; Fracture; Intra articular; Malunion; Volarly displaced

Indexed keywords

ARM FRACTURE; ARM INJURY; ARM MALFORMATION; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COLLES FRACTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT MOBILITY; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLATE FIXATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SMITH FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE PLATES; COLLES' FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 84860450187     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2012.03.008     Document Type: Review

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