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Surgical Fixation of Fourth and Fifth Metacarpal Shaft Fractures with Flexible Intramedullary Absorbable Rods: Early Clinical Outcomes and Implications

BACKGROUND: To avoid the irritation of tendons and soft tissues as well as hardware-related problems, we designed an intramedullary fixation with bioabsorbable rods for the treatment of the metacarpal shaft fractures. METHODS: Five patients with nine shaft fractures of the fourth and fifth metacarpi...

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Autores principales: Xiong, Ge, Xiao, Zi-Run, Guo, Shi-Gong, Zheng, Wei, Dai, Lu-Fei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756883/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26521780
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0366-6999.168040