Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 65-69 , April 2009

Volar Approach to Distal Radius Fractures

  • Sunjay Berdia, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Rockville, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sunjay Berdia, MD, MS, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, The Orthopaedic Center, 9711 Medical Center Drive, Suite 201, Rockville, MD 20850
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  • Rebecca Yu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Berkeley, CA

References 

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  2. Sebastin SJ, Puhaindran ME, Lim AY, et al. The prevalence of absence of the palmaris longus—A study in a Chinese population and a review of the literature. J Hand Surg Br. 2005;30:525–527
  3. Thompson NW, Mockford BJ, Cran GW. Absence of the palmaris longus muscle: A population study. Ulster Med J. 2001;70:22–24
  4. Orbay JL, Fernandez DL. Volar fixation for dorsally displaced fractures of the distal radius: A preliminary report. J Hand Surg Am. 2002;27:205–215

PII: S1048-6666(09)00122-0

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2009.09.012

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 65-69 , April 2009

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