Variation in the treatment of distal radius fractures in the United States: 2010 to 2015

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 159-167

  Huetteman, Helen E ^a   Shauver, Melissa J ^a   Malay, Sunitha ^a   Chung, Ting Ting ^a   Chung, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORTHOPEDIC CAST; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASTS, SURGICAL; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RADIUS FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85059245447     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000005088     Document Type: Article

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