Analysis of variation in the surgical treatment of distal radius fracture Objective;Aanzienlijke variatie in chirurgische behandeling van distale radiusfractuur

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 161, Issue 17, 2017, Pages

  Walenkamp, Monique M J ^a   Mulders, Marjolein A M ^a   Selles, Caroline A ^a   Goslings, J Carel ^a   Westert, Gert P ^a   Schep, Niels W L ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RADIUS FRACTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85018166070     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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