The natural course of traumatic triangular fibrocartilage complex tears in distal radial fractures: A 13-15 year follow-up of arthroscopically diagnosed but untreated injuries

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1555-1560

  Mrkonjic, Ante ^a,b   Geijer, Mats ^a,b   Lindau, Tommy ^a,b   Tägil, Magnus ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Pulvertaft Hand Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal radial fractures; long term outcome; triangular fibrocartilage complex tears

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; TRAUMATIC TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE COMPLEX TEAR; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIANGULAR FIBROCARTILAGE;

EID: 84864232751     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.05.032     Document Type: Article

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