Treatment of soft tissue problems about the elbow

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 370, Issue , 2000, Pages 127-137

  Stevanovic, Milan ^a,c   Sharpe, Frances ^b   Itamura, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c GNH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELBOW INJURY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MUSCLE FLAP; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; WOUND CLOSURE;

EID: 0033984540     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200001000-00012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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