Incidence and reasons for hardware removal following operative fixation of distal radius fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 505-507

  Snoddy, Mark C ^a   An, Thomas J ^a   Hooe, Benjamin S ^a   Kay, Harrison F ^a   Lee, Donald H ^a   Pappas, Nick D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius; hardware removal; volar locking plates.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BONE PLATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84924264284     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2014.11.022     Document Type: Article

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