Treatment of Intra-articular Distal Radius Fractures

Hand Clinics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 529-543

  Omokawa, Shohei ^a   Abe, Yukio ^b   Imatani, Junya ^c   Moritomo, Hisao ^d   Suzuki, Daisuke ^e   Onishi, Tadanobu ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Shimonoseki General Hospital   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA YUKIOKA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Distal radioulnar joint; Fracture malunion; Intra articular distal radius fracture; Scapholunate ligament; Triangular fibrocartilage complex

Indexed keywords

BARTON FRACTURE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LIGAMENT INJURY; OSTEOTOMY; PLASTER CAST; RADIOULNAR JOINT; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WRIST ARTHROSCOPY; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE PLATE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE FIXATION; INTRAARTICULAR FRACTURE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURE;

ARTHROSCOPY; BONE PLATES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 85021713603     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: 15581969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hcl.2017.04.009     Document Type: Review

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