External fixation and adjuvant pins versus volar locking plate fixation in unstable distal radius fractures: A randomized, controlled study with a 5-year follow-up

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1333-1340

  Williksen, John H ^a   Husby, Torstein ^a   Hellund, Johan C ^a   Kvernmo, Hebe D ^b   Rosales, Carina ^a   Frihagen, Frede ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distal radius fractures; external fixation; open reduction internal fixation; randomized clinical trial; volar locking plates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE PIN; BONE PLATE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE COMPARISON; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); EXTENSOR POLLICIS TENDON RUPTURE; EXTENSOR TENDON SYNOVITIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAYO WRIST SCORE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUICK DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSTABLE DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; BONE NAIL; DISABILITY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84931957646     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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