Internal fixation of a capitellum fracture using a biodegradable screw

Orthopedics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 765-766

  Kramer, Mark ^b   Pamnani, Anup ^a   Strauch, Robert J ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0036665355     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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