Lateral J-plate fixation in comminuted intercondylar fracture of the humerus

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 234-238

  Yang, Kyu Hyun ^a   Park, Hui Wan ^a   Park, Sung Jin ^a   Jung, Sung Hoon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Humerus; Intercondylar fracture; Lateral plate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMINUTED FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037561009     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-003-0508-x     Document Type: Article

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