Radiographic alignment of unstable distal radius fractures fixed with 1 or 2 rows of screws in volar locking plates

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 297-301

  Neuhaus, Valentin ^a   Badri, Omar ^a   Ferree, Steven ^a   Bot, Arjan G J ^a   Ring, David C ^a   Mudgal, Chaitanya S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; DVR plate; secondary displacement; volar tilt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCREW; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULNA FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872913947     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.10.040     Document Type: Article

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