The effects of pronator quadratus repair on outcomes after volar plating of distal radius fractures

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 130-133

  Hershman, Stuart H ^a   Immerman, Igor ^a   Bechtel, Christopher ^a   Lekic, Nikola ^a   Paksima, Nader ^a   Egol, Kenneth A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Internal fixation; Open reduction; Pronator quadratus; Pronator quadratus repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRONATION; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84874945445     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3182539333     Document Type: Article

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