Fixation of distal radius fractures in adults: A review

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 216-234

  Obert, L ^a   Rey, P B ^a   Uhring, J ^a   Gasse, N ^a   Rochet, S ^a   Lepage, D ^a   Serre, A ^a   Garbuio, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Distal radius fractures; Osteosynthesis by reduction and internal fixation (ORIF)

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE PROSTHESIS; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; VOLAR PLATE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 84877893944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2012.03.023     Document Type: Review

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