Use of a Hinged External Fixator for Elbow Instability after Severe Distal Humeral Fracture

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 442-445

  Hall, Jeremy ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a   McKee, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elbow instability; Hinged fixator; Posttraumatic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; ELBOW; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034251795     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200008000-00012     Document Type: Article

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