Associations between the fracture type and functional outcomes after distal radial fractures treated with a volar locking plate

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 399-402

  Braziulis, Kestutis ^a   Rimdeika, Rytis ^a   Kregždyte, Rima ^a   Tarasevicius, Šarunas ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Fracture; Fracture type; Volar locking plate; Wrist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897588936     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina49090062     Document Type: Article

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