Early postoperative improvements in the QuickDASH score after distal radius fracture are related to the type of surgical treatment

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 865-869

  Loisel, François ^a,b   Bouilloux, Xavier ^a,b   Uhring, Julien ^a,b   Rochet, Séverin ^a,b   Obert, Laurent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Functional outcomes; Percutaneous pinning; Volar plate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE PLATING SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUICKDASH SCORE; RADIUS FRACTURE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; BONE NAIL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURES; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84933182190     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-015-1626-1     Document Type: Article

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