Use of a Hybrid External Fixator for a Severely Comminuted Juxta-Articular Fracture of the Distal Humerus

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 439-442

  Skaggs, David L ^a,c   Hale, Julia M ^a   Buggay, Shane ^b   Kay, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

External fixator; Fracture; Humerus; Hybrid; Juxta articular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; ELBOW; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0032133641     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-199808000-00015     Document Type: Article

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