Common Myths and Evidence in the Management of Distal Radius Fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-133

  Diaz Garcia, Rafael J ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radioulnar joint; Distal radius fracture; Evidence based medicine; Open reduction internal fixation; Radiocarpal joint

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE GRAFT; CAST APPLICATION; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SPLINTING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASTS, SURGICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 84860470462     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2012.02.005     Document Type: Review

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