A new volar plate made of carbon-fiber-reinforced polyetheretherketon for distal radius fracture: analysis of 40 cases

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 277-283

  Tarallo, Luigi ^a   Mugnai, Raffaele ^a   Adani, Roberto ^b   Zambianchi, Francesco ^a   Catani, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber reinforced; DiPHOS; Fracture; PEEK; Plate; Radiolucent; Radius

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYMER; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; KETONE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE REGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LOCKING SCREW; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SPLINT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TENOSYNOVITIS; VERY ELDERLY; VOLAR PLATE; YOUNG MODULUS; BONE PLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; CARBON; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; JOINT INSTABILITY; KETONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912031126     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: 15909999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-014-0311-1     Document Type: Article

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