Volar plating for distal radius fractures-do not trust the image intensifier when judging distal subchondral screw length

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-172

  Park, Derek H ^a   Goldie, Boyd S ^a  

^a WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distal radius; internal fixation; Lister tubercle; radius fractures; volar plating

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865744612     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e31825f7c5a     Document Type: Article

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