Clinical study of the Pronator Quadratus muscle: Anatomical features and feasibility of Pronator-Sparing Surgery

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lo, Hsien Yi ^a,b   Cheng, Hong Yi ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Puzi Hospital Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Pronator quadratus muscle; Pronator sparing approach

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LUNATE BONE; MUSCLE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRONATOR QUADRATUS MUSCLE; PRONATOR SPARING SURGERY; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCAPHOID BONE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 84899973565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-136     Document Type: Article

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