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Document type:
Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Article
Author(s):
Werber, KD; Raeder, F; Brauer, RB; Weiss, S
Title:
External fixation of distal radial fractures: four compared with five pins: a randomized prospective study.
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study of distal radial fractures was to compare the radiographic and clinical results after use of a standard four-pin external fixator with those after use of a five-pin fixator with the fifth pin stabilizing the distal radial articular fragment. METHODS: In an open prospective trial, fifty patients with an unstable distal radial fracture were randomized for treatment with closed reduction and either a standard small Association for the Study of Internal Fixation...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Bone Joint Surg Am
Year:
2003
Journal volume:
85-A
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
660-6
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12672842
Print-ISSN:
0021-9355
TUM Institution:
Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik; Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie und Sportorthopädie
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