The role of post-operative radiographs in predicting risk of flexor pollicis longus tendon rupture after volar plate fixation of distal radius fractures - A case control study

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1885-1888

  Selvan, D R ^a   Perry, D ^a   Machin, D G ^a   Brown, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distal radius; Flexor pollicis longus; Fracture; Rupture; Tendon; Volar plating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR POLLICIS LONGUS RUPTURE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PLATE DISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL TILT; RADIUS FRACTURE; TENDON RUPTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FRACTURE HEALING; INJURIES; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIUS FRACTURES; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR PLATE;

EID: 84922605743     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.05.035     Document Type: Article

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