Cubitus varus: Problem and solution

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 420-425

  Jain, A K ^a   Dhammi, I K ^a   Arora, A ^a   Singh, M P ^a   Luthra, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW FRACTURE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; BONE MALALIGNMENT; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CHILD; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, MALUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0033923385     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004029900102     Document Type: Article

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