Complications of Distal Radius Fixation

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 415-424

  Lee, Dennis S ^a   Weikert, Douglas R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Distal radius fracture; Tendon rupture; Tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

BONE PIN; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; DORSAL BRIDGE PLATING; DORSAL PLATING; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; FRAGMENT-SPECIFIC FIXATION; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; PERCUTANEOUS PINNING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON ADHESION; TENDON INJURY; TENDON RUPTURE; TENOSYNOVITIS; TISSUE ADHESION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR LOCKED PLATING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPLICATION; INTERNAL FIXATOR; JOINT DISEASES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TENDON INJURIES;

FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT DISEASES; RADIUS FRACTURES; TENDON INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84953716845     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: 15581373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2015.09.014     Document Type: Review

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