Complications after distal radius fracture surgery: Results from a swedish nationwide registry study

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e36-e42

  Navarro, Cecilia Mellstrand ^a,b   Pettersson, Hans J ^a   Enocson, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Complication; Distal radius fracture; Dorsal plate; External fixation; Open reduction internal fixation; Operative treatment; Percutaneous fixation; Pin; Reoperation; Surgical treatment; Volar locking plate; Volar plate; Wrist fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PIN; BONE PLATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REOPERATION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON RUPTURE; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; REGISTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922428167     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000000199     Document Type: Article

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