Indications, alternatives, and complications of external fixation about the elbow

Hand Clinics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-97

  Nielsen, David ^a   Nowinski, Robert J ^a   Bamberger, H Brent ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELBOW FRACTURE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT STABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE FRACTURE; CONTRACTURE; DISLOCATION; ELBOW; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CONTRACTURE; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS;

EID: 0035992729     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(02)00015-X     Document Type: Review

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