Operative treatment of elbow stiffness: Evaluation and outcome

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-22

  Heirweg, S ^a   De Smet, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELBOW DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT CONTRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037293472     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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