Fractures of the capitellum - A comparison of two fixation methods

Injury

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 341-343

  Poynton, A R ^a   Kelly, I P ^a   O'Rourke, S Kieran ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

EID: 0032104571     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00107-1     Document Type: Article

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