Complications following palmar plate fixation of distal radius fractures: A review of 665 cases

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1155-1162

  Esenwein, P ^a,b   Sonderegger, J ^a   Gruenert, J ^a   Ellenrieder, B ^a   Tawfik, J ^a   Jakubietz, M ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Orthopädische Klinik Luzern AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complications; Distal radius fracture; Palmar plate fixation; Revision surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOCK SCREW; CHILD; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; EXTENSOR TENDON INJURY; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOLAR PLATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880922482     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-013-1766-x     Document Type: Review

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