Outcomes and complications of fractures of distal radius (AO type B and C): Volar plating versus nonoperative treatment

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 537-544

  Sharma, Himanshu ^a   Khare, Ghanshyam Narayan ^a   Singh, Saurabh ^a   Ramaswamy, Arun Govindraj ^b   Kumaraswamy, Vinay ^c   Singh, Ashutosh Kumar ^d  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Orthopedics   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d Dr KNS Memorial Institute of Medical Sciences Gadia Barabanki   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT INCONGRUITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PLASTER CAST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZATION; RANGE OF MOTION; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; BONE PLATE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BONE PLATES; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84905126832     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: 14362023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-014-0560-0     Document Type: Article

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