Open reduction and internal fixation of fractures of the radial head

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1811-1815

  Ring, David ^a   Quintero, Jaime ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FRACTURE; FEMALE; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS HEAD FRACTURE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036799350     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200210000-00011     Document Type: Article

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