Complications following open reduction and internal fixation versus external fixation in treating unstable distal radius fractures: Grading the evidence through a meta-analysis

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 95-103

  Yuan, Z Z ^a   Yang, Z ^a,b   Liu, Q ^a   Liu, Y M ^a  

^a TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complications; Distal radius fractures; EF; Meta analysis; ORIF

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; OPEN FRACTURE REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EVENT; CLOSED FRACTURE REDUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRACTURE FIXATION; INFECTION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURE;

CLOSED FRACTURE REDUCTION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; INFECTION; OPEN FRACTURE REDUCTION; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85036655655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2017.08.020     Document Type: Article

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