Conservative treatment of displaced fractures of the olecranon in the elderly

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-110

  Veras Del Monte, L ^a   Sirera Vercher, M ^a   Busquets Net, R ^a   Castellanos Robles, J ^a   Carrera Calderer, L ^a   Mir Bullo, X ^a  

^a Prof Antonio Navarro Quilis V ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSEUDARTHROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0032929283     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(98)00223-X     Document Type: Article

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