Corrective osteotomy is an effective method of treating distal radius malunions with good long-term functional results

Injury

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 731-737

  Mulders, M A M ^a   d'Ailly, P N ^a   Cleffken, B I ^b   Schep, N W L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corrective osteotomy; DASH; Distal radius; Functional outcomes; Graft; Long term; Malunion; PRWE

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISTAL RADIUS; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GONIOMETER; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMPLANT FAILURE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT-RATED WRIST EVALUATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TENDON RUPTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST PAIN; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 85011620556     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.01.045     Document Type: Article

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