Treatment of failed Darrach procedure including the brachioradialis sling

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 222-228

  Shah, Munir A ^a,c   Klimisch, Justin J ^b  

^a Woodlands Sports Medicine Centre   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT; SILICONE; TITANIUM;

ALLOGRAFT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTHROPLASTY; BONE RESECTION; BRACHIORADIALIS SLING; CERAMICS; DARRACH PROCEDURE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IMPLANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOULNAR JOINT; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOSTOSIS; TENDON GRAFT; TENODESIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULNA;

EID: 0041766635     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200308000-00003     Document Type: Review

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