External fixation is more suitable for intra-articular fractures of the distal radius in elderly patients

Bone Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Ma, Chuang ^a   Deng, Qiang ^a   Pu, Hongwei ^a   Cheng, Xinchun ^b   Kan, Yuhua ^c   Yang, Jing ^a   Yusufu, Aihemaitijiang ^a   Cao, Li ^a  

^a XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Hospital   (China)

^c Central Hospital of Karamay   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSEUDARTHROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDINITIS; TENDON RUPTURE;

EID: 84976555016     PISSN: 20954700     EISSN: 20956231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/boneres.2016.17     Document Type: Article

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