A Retrospective Study on Elbow Function after Internal Fixation of Intercondylar Fracture of Adult Humerus

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-171

  Low, C K ^a   Wong, D H C ^a   Toh, C L ^a   Wong, H P ^a   Low, Y P ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Early mobilisation; Jupiter criteria; Stable osteosynthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031090895     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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