Correction of dorsally-malunited extra-articular distal radial fractures using volar locked plates without bone grafting

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1090-1096

  Mahmoud, M ^a,b   El Shafie, S ^a,c   Kamal, M ^a,c  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Alhelal Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE NONUNION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864684887     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.94b8.28646     Document Type: Article

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