Minimally invasive flexible insertion and rigid intramedullary nail fixation for distal radius fractures

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Rhee, Peter C ^a   Shin, Alexander Y ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

distal radius fracture; extraarticular distal radius fracture; intramedullary nail fixation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84865736009     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e31825c83e7     Document Type: Article

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