Functional Outcomes Following Bridge Plate Fixation for Distal Radius Fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1554-1562

  Lauder, Alexander ^a   Agnew, Sonya ^b   Bakri, Karim ^c   Allan, Christopher H ^a   Hanel, Douglas P ^a   Huang, Jerry I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

bridge plating; Distal radius fracture; distraction plate; functional outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DORSAL SPANNING DISTRACTION BRIDGE PLATE FIXATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN FRACTURE; PATIENT RATED WRIST EVALUATION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 12; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE; TORQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WRIST; WRIST INJURY; BONE PLATE; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

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

EID: 84938203061     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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