Regional bone mineral density changes after Colles' and forehand fractures
- 31 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
- Vol. 11 (3) , 357-359
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0266-7681(86)90157-9
Abstract
Patients who sustain a second Colles’ fracture only in one of five instances refracture the previously injured wrist. In those who have sustained fractures of the metacarpals or phalanges of the hand (forehand) subsequent fractures of the forehand are twice as likely to be ipsilateral. We investigated whether persisting regional bone mineral changes could be the mechanism underlying these observations.Keywords
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