Internal fixation versus other surgical methods for treating distal radius fractures in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Jariwala, Arpit C ^a   Phillips, Alistair R ^b   Storey, Philip A ^c   Nuttall, David ^a   Watts, Adam C ^a  

^a WRIGHTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS PINNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WRIST;

EID: 85029825963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011212     Document Type: Article

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