Comminuted fractures of the radial head: Arthroplasty versus internal fixation

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 353, Issue , 1998, Pages 40-52

  Furry, Kim L ^a   Clinkscales, Carlton M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FALLING; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031880770     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199808000-00006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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