Malunited extra-articular distal radius fractures: corrective osteotomies using volar locking plate

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 285-290

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angulated; Bone graft; DASH; Fractures; Locking plate; Malunion; Mayo; Osteotomy; Radius; Volar

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GRAFT; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; WRIST PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BONE PLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; INJURY SCALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84912047589     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: 15909999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-014-0307-x     Document Type: Article

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