The rheumatoid elbow: Current concepts and controversies

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 302-306

  Connor, Patrick M ^a   Lundeen, Gregg A ^b  

^a ORTHOCAROLINA HIP AND KNEE CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic synovectomy; Rheumatoid elbow; Total elbow arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELBOW DISEASE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNOVECTOMY; TOTAL ELBOW PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042267235     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200308000-00015     Document Type: Review

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