Operative treatment of elbow contracture in patients twenty-one years of age or younger

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 382-387

  Stans, Anthony A ^a   Maritz, N G J ^a,b   O'Driscoll, Shawn W ^a   Morrey, Bernard F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b STEVE BIKO ACADEMIC HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW DISLOCATION; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW; FEMALE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CONTRACTURE; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036518003     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200203000-00008     Document Type: Article

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