Surgical approaches to the elbow

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 370, Issue , 2000, Pages 19-33

  Patterson, Stuart D ^c   Bain, Gregory I ^b   Mehta, Janak A ^a  

^a MODBURY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c PA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISSECTION; ELBOW FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; NERVE; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0033964739     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200001000-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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