The Compass Elbow Hinge: Indications and initial results

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25 B, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 568-572

  Fox, R J ^a   Varitimidis, S E ^a   Plakseychuk, A ^a   Vardakas, D G ^a   Tomaino, M M ^a   Sotereanos, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELBOW INJURY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034530436     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2000.0425     Document Type: Article

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