Restoring Volar Tilt in AO Type C2 Fractures of the Distal Radius With Unilateral External Fixation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 511-516

  Taylor, Kenneth F ^a   Gendelberg, David ^a   Lustik, Michael B ^b   Drake, Matthew L ^c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal radius; external fixation; fracture; reduction; volar tilt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERAL EXTERNAL FIXATOR; VOLAR PLATE; VOLAR TILT ANGLE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; DEVICES; FRACTURE FIXATION; MIDDLE AGED; PALMAR PLATE; RADIUS FRACTURE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALMAR PLATE; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 85017379399     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.03.020     Document Type: Article

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