Experience with the AO π-plate for displaced intra-articular fractures of the distal radius

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 293-296

  Krukhaug, Yngvar ^a   Hove, Leiv M ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

AO plate; Distal radius; Fracture; Open reduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AO OBLIQUE T PLATE; AO PI PLATE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPLINT; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BONE PLATES; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS FRACTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 8544246434     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410029516     Document Type: Article

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