Intramedullary nail versus volar locking plate fixation for the treatment of extra-articular or simple intra-articular distal radius fractures: systematic review and meta-analysis

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 2161-2169

  Zhang, Bing ^a   Chang, Hengrui ^a,b   Yu, Kunlun ^a   Bai, Jiangbo ^a   Tian, Dehu ^a   Zhang, Guisheng ^a   Shao, Xinzhong ^a   Zhang, Yingze ^a,b  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KEY LABORATORY OF BIOMECHANICS OF HEBEI PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

Distal radius fracture; Intramedullary nailing; Meta analysis; Volar locking plate

Indexed keywords

ALGODYSTROPHY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASTAING SCORE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DEVICE INFECTION; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; EMBASE; EXTRAARTICULAR DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; GARTLAND AND WERLEY SCORE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAYO SCORE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIAL NERVE PALSY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RANGE OF MOTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENDON LESION; TENOSYNOVITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION; ADULT; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; AGED; BONE NAIL; BONE PLATE; DEVICES; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85017142180     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-017-3460-z     Document Type: Review

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