Closed treatment of isolated radial head fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 36-39

  Weseley, Martin S ^a   Barenfeld, Philip A ^a   Eisenstein, Arthur L ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOTION; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0020663858     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-198301000-00007     Document Type: Article

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