Treatment of unstable distal ulna fractures associated with distal radius fractures in patients 65 years and older

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2481-2487

  Cha, Soo Min ^a   Shin, Hyun Dae ^a   Kim, Kyung Cheon ^a   Park, Eugene ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distal ulna; elderly; fracture; nonoperative; unstable

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOULNAR JOINT; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; ULNA FRACTURE; VARIANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84869490310     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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