Dorsal spanning plate fixation for distal radius fractures

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 192-198

  Dodds, Seth D ^a   Save, Ameya V ^a   Yacob, Alem ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge plating; Distal radius fracture; Distraction plating; Multitrauma patient; Spanning plate fixation

Indexed keywords

BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890792153     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e3182a5cbf8     Document Type: Review

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