Operative treatment of type C intercondylar fractures of the distal humerus: Results after a mean follow-up of 2 years in a series of 18 patients

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 48-52

  Pajarinen, Jarkko ^a   Björkenheim, Jan Magnus ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; FALLING; MIDDLE AGED;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036370761     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2002.119390     Document Type: Article

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