Indications for operative fixation of distal radius fractures: A review of the evidence

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Laino, Daniel K ^a   Tejwani, Nirmal ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; CAST APPLICATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

BIOMECHANICS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865450352     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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