Treatment of nonunion around the olecranon fossa of the humerus by intramedullary locked nailing

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 332-335

  Paramasivan, Odathurai N ^a,b   Younge, Derek A ^a   Pant, Rajeev ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KOVAI MEDICAL CENTER AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OLECRANON FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034016692     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.82B3.9474     Document Type: Article

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