Effect of fixing distal radius fracture with volar locking palmar plates while preserving pronator quadratus

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 2929-2933

  Fan, Jian ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Zhu, Hui ^a   Jiang, Bo ^a   Yuan, Feng ^a   Zhu, Xiao Zhong ^a   Mei, Jiong ^a   Yu, Guang Rong ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Open reduction; Palmar plate; Pronator quadratus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; VOLAR PLATE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 84906510370     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20131636     Document Type: Article

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