Volar locking plates versus K-wire/pin fixation for the treatment of distal radial fractures: A systematic review and quantitative synthesis

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-110

  Franceschi, Francesco ^a   Franceschetti, Edoardo ^a   Paciotti, Michele ^a   Cancilleri, Francesco ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^b,c   Denaro, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distal radius fractures; internal fixation; kirschner wire; systematic review; volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BONE WIRE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST; WRIST INJURIES;

BONE PLATES; BONE WIRES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84941203587     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldv015     Document Type: Article

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