Operative treatment of nonunions about the elbow

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 370, Issue , 2000, Pages 87-101

  Gallay, Stephen H ^a   McKee, Michael D ^b,c  

^a Rouge Valley Health System   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS FRACTURE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE;

EID: 0033957222     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200001000-00009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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