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Title:

Hardware Location and Clinical Outcome in Ulna Shortening Osteotomy.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Megerle, Kai; Hellmich, Susanne; Germann, Günter; Sauerbier, Michael
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of plate location during ulna shortening osteotomy on the incidence of hardware irritation and clinical outcome.Forty patients (17 women, 23 men; mean age, 47 years) who underwent a shortening osteotomy of the ulna due to idiopathic ulna impaction syndrome were examined after a mean of 36 months. All complications and secondary procedures were extracted from the patients' records.The rate of hardware removal was higher in patients who h...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
Year:
2015
Journal volume:
3
Journal issue:
10
Pages contribution:
e549
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000000521
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26579355
TUM Institution:
Lehrstuhl für Plastische Chirurgie und Handchirurgie (Prof. Machens)
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