Percutaneous fixation with Kirschner wires versus volar locking plate fixation in adults with dorsally displaced fracture of distal radius: Randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 349, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Costa, Matthew L ^a,b   Achten, Juul ^a,b   Parsons, Nick R ^c   Rangan, Amar ^d   Griffin, Damian ^a,b   Tubeuf, Sandy ^e   Lamb, Sarah E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPEN REDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905512007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g4807     Document Type: Article

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