Is sparing the pronator quadratus muscle possible in volar plating of the distal radius?

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 402-406

  Heidari, N ^a   Clement, H ^a   Kosuge, D ^b   Grechenig, W ^a   Tesch, N P ^a   Weinberg, A M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cadaver study; Distal radius fracture; pronator quadratus sparing approach; volar plating of distal radius

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RADIUS FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 84861804783     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193411424706     Document Type: Article

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