Internal versus external fixation for the treatment of distal radial fractures: A systematic review of overlapping meta-analyses

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Zhang, Qingyu ^a   Liu, Fanxiao ^b   Xiao, Zhenyun ^c   Li, Zhenfeng ^a   Wang, Bomin ^b   Dong, Jinlei ^b   Han, Yong ^b   Zhou, Dongsheng ^b   Li, Jianmin ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEZE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL INCLINATION; RADIUS FRACTURE; RANGE OF MOTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLAR TILT; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FRACTURE FIXATION; META ANALYSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 84962537845     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002945     Document Type: Article

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