Treatment of extra-articular and simple articular distal radial fractures with intramedullary nail versus volar locking plate

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 774-779

  Safi, A ^a   Hart, R ^a,b   Teknedzjan B ^a   Kozak T ^a  

^a General Hospital Znojmo   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Distal radial fracture; intramedullary nail; volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; DEVICES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; VOLAR LOCKING PLATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883169410     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753193413478715     Document Type: Article

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