Prospective evaluation of distal radius fractures treated with variable-angle volar locking plates

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2198-2203

  Fowler, John R ^a   Ilyas, Asif M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius; variable angle; volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LOCKING SCREW; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARIABLE ANGLE VOLAR LOCKING PLATE FIXATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

DISTAL RADIUS; VARIABLE ANGLE; VOLAR LOCKING PLATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE PLATES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WRIST JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886848625     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2013.08.116     Document Type: Article

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