Fractures of the olecranon: A 15- to 25-year followup of 73 patients

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 403, Issue , 2002, Pages 205-212

  Karlsson, Magnus K ^a   Hasserius, Ralph ^a   Karlsson, Caroline ^a   Besjakov, Jack ^a   Josefsson, Per Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OLECRANON FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONVALESCENCE; ELBOW; FRACTURE FIXATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME; ULNA FRACTURE;

ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 0036780086     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200210000-00030     Document Type: Article

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