Management of Severely Comminuted Distal Radius Fractures

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1905-1914

  Brogan, David M ^b   Richard, Marc J ^b   Ruch, David ^b   Kakar, Sanjeev ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; dorsal bridge plate; external fixation; fragment specific fixation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MOBILIZATION; NERVE INJURY; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PLASTER CAST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; DEVICES; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 84940438600     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.03.014     Document Type: Review

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