Biomechanical evaluation of tension band placement for the repair of olecranon fractures

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 335, Issue , 1997, Pages 325-330

  Paremain, Guy P ^a   Novak, Vincent P ^c   Jinnah, Riyaz H ^b   Belkoff, Stephen M ^c,d  

^a St Georges Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Kernan Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCEPS DELIVERY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OLECRANON FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031024872     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199702000-00034     Document Type: Article

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