A simple method for choosing treatment of distal radius fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1896-1905

  Kodama, Narihito ^a   Imai, Shinji ^a   Matsusue, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

conservative treatment; Distal radius fracture; scoring system; surgical treatment; therapeutic modality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODI MAYO WRIST SCORE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TREATMENT; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885018170     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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