Volar plate position and flexor tendon rupture following distal radius fracture fixation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1091-1096

  Kitay, Alison ^a   Swanstrom, Morgan ^a   Schreiber, Joseph J ^a   Carlson, Michelle G ^a   Nguyen, Joseph T ^a   Weiland, Andrew J ^a   Daluiski, Aaron ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; flexor tendon rupture; plate position; volar plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

AGED; BONE PLATES; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; ROC CURVE; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 84878243996     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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